PHOTO OF THE WEEK Chris Abele was sworn-in as the new County Executive by Milwaukee Municipal Judge Derek C. Mosley on April 25, 2011. On April 27, Abele issued his first veto over the County Board’s resolution to spend $1.2 million in decorative upgrades to the O’Donnell Park parking structure. He also noted that a [...]

Compiled by Courier Staff Wisconsin voters turned out in higher than expected numbers, and Democrats made some significant gains in Tuesday’s election. Chris Abele, new to politics defeated state Rep. Jeff Stone for the remaining one year term of Milwaukee County Executive, Scott Walker’s position for the past eight years. Abele won with a 61 [...]

Compiled by Courier Staff Once again the African American community will have the opportunity to exercise their power through voting. This Tuesday, April 5, 2011 people in Milwaukee will head to the polls, and this time efforts have to be made to get it right. The U.S. Census Bureau has confirmed that African Americans are [...]

Chris Abele: Fighting to Change Milwaukee County Milwaukee County is a world class community, and there is no other place my wife and I would rather live and raise our family. But we all look around and see there are serious problems at the County, and the future of our community hangs in the balance. [...]

First part includes introducing no tax increase budget, creating a real jobs plan County Executive candidate Chris Abele this week released the first part of his one-year agenda to bring real change to Milwaukee County. Abele is running in a special election on April 5 to complete the final year of the current County Executive [...]

Please join St. Mark A.M.E. Church and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Epsilon Kappa Omega Chapter for a Town Hall Meeting Debate with County Executive Candidates Chris Abele and Representative Jeff Stone as they talk about their plans and ideas for the County Executive Office. The April elections can change the face of Milwaukee County [...]

Milwaukee County faces enormous challenges, and the old ways of doing things just aren’t working. We need new leadership to turn things around, and that’s why we need to vote Chris Abele for Milwaukee County Executive on Tuesday, February 15. As a civic leader and community activist, Chris has spent much of the past two [...]

The Riverwest Neighborhood Association and Riverwest Currents newspaper are sponsoring a Milwaukee County Executive Candidate Forum on Wednesday, February 9th, from 7-9 pm at the Gordon Park Pavilion, 2828 N. Humboldt Blvd (E. Locust Street and N. Humboldt Boulevard). All five declared candidates (Ieshuh Griffin, Jeff Stone, Lee Holloway, Jim Sullivan and Chris Abele) have [...]

Complied by Courier Staff On Tuesday, Jan. 25 acting County Executive Lee Holloway appointed former acting Mayor of Milwaukee Marvin Pratt as interim county executive until after the April 5 election. In his resignation letter, Holloway stated, It is my pleasure to officially submit the appointment of Mr. Marvin Pratt to serve as Interim County [...]