Government & Politics

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation and the Minnesota Department of Transportation announced this week that $31.8 million in federal funding has been approved to add a second daily Amtrak round-trip train service between Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, Minnesota.

Two Milwaukee County Board committees approved a plan Tuesday to provide $45 million in county funds for the Milwaukee Public Museum’s planned new downtown building.

Johnson Controls is suspending business operations in Russia as the country’s invasion of Ukraine continues, according to a statement released Tuesday.

As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, Milwaukee-based Rockwell Automation and Racine-based Twin Disc, Inc. both announced Monday they are ending business activity in Russia and Belarus until further notice.

Some Milwaukee business and education leaders are asking Gov. Tony Evers and state lawmakers to dedicate a portion of the state’s projected surplus to increase funding for Wisconsin's K-12 schools.

Strauss Brands is dropping plans to build a 152,000-square-foot slaughterhouse along Loomis Road in Franklin and will instead look to sell the 30-acre property where it planned to build the meat processing facility.

A report today from Politico says that Milwaukee has become the favorite to host the 2024 Republican National Convention.

The site selection committee for the 2024 Republican National Convention will tour Milwaukee today and Thursday as it evaluates the city as a possible host site for the event.

Pleasant Prairie Village Board this week voted to close one of its tax incremental districts (Tax Incremental District No. 2, or TID 2), a move which brings nearly $1 billion in additional property value to the Kenosha County village’s tax base.

The state of Wisconsin is making $1 million available to support the recruitment and training of new teachers in low-income and urban area school districts.