Indonesian Consul General Andriana Supandy visited City Hall this week to promote good relations and cooperative opportunities with Milwaukee , according to Alderman Joe Davis, Sr., chair of the Common Council’s Community and Economic Development Committee. Mr. Supandy’s delegation was welcomed during a reception on Tuesday, January 15, 2013 in the third floor Council Chamber [...]

The Common Council this week approved creation of the Milwaukee Jobs Act -Transitional Jobs Program – a multifaceted effort to create employment opportunities for city young people and job seekers from areas of the city that have been particularly hard-hit economically. Alderman Ashanti Hamilton, the primary sponsor of the legislation creating the Milwaukee Jobs Act, [...]

The City of Milwaukee Youth Council held a news conference on Friday, May 25 at Spaights Plaza at UW-Milwaukee to urge the Wisconsin federal delegation to extend student loan interest rates at the current 3.4 percent level. If Congress does not act by July 1, 2012, the interest rate on federal loans will jump to [...]

By Cassandra Lans Young people in Milwaukee organized a rally and march on Tuesday evening, July 12 to demonstrate unity against violence in the aftermath of the BP gas station mob looting and attacks that occurred at the BP gas station on Humboldt and North on July 3rd. Dozens of young people were joined by [...]

Statement of Alderwoman Milele A. Coggs and Alderman Nik Kovac We are very concerned about the ransacking of the BP station at Humboldt and North, and the reported violent armed robberies and assaults that witnesses say occurred in Kilbourn Reservoir Park very late on Sunday and early Monday morning. We have each been in touch [...]

In recent weeks Sen. Alberta Darling canceled meetings with the chair of the Milwaukee Arts Board and its members in an effort to avoid discussing a looming Wisconsin Arts Board funding cut that she and other members of the Joint Committee on Finance (JFC) ended up approving yesterday. Alderman Michael J. Murphy, MAB chair, said [...]

Ald. Joe Davis, Sr. and Alderman Nik Kovac attended a special signing ceremony on July 6, 2010 for an agreement for educational and scientific cooperation between the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee and the University of Zululand (located north of Durban , South Africa on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast). UWM Provost Johannes Britz and a representative [...]

The City of Milwaukee has earned top prize in the National League of Cities’ City Cultural Diversity Awards. The award goes to cities recognized for implementing quality and innovative programs in communities to enhance and promote cultural diversity. Each year, the City Cultural Diversity Awards recognize city programs which encourage citizen involvement and show an [...]