The Milwaukee Public Schools board of directors will vote on the district’s $1.17 billion budget in June which includes a reduction in 400 full-time equivalent positions. The 2013 budget is 1.7 percent less than the current budget, which included unprecedented cuts in MPS this year, including $66.6 million in school operations and construction funds. Overall, fiscal year 2013 revenue for school operation is expected to be stable, according to MPS. However, $8.2 million additional revenue from... ... Read More

MILWAUKEE — A news conference regarding the proposed streetcar project in Milwaukee turned into a shouting match (raw video below) Tuesday afternoon, May 15th between Alderman Bob Donovan, who called the news conference, and Alderman Bob Bauman, a supporter of the project.

It has been 10 months since the Milwaukee Common Council approved the streetcar plan, and tempers are still running high on the issue.

MILWAUKEE — Where’s Chorizo? Last year Bernie Brewer went missing and on Tuesday, May 15th, Chorizo went missing — and only Brewers fans could help find him. Starting at 5 a.m., fans flocked to Miller Park to participate in a scavenger hunt to pick up their very own Chorizo lawn ornament, and the statues in the sombreros didn’t last long!

2,000 Chorizo lawn ornaments were strategically placed throughout the parking lots and surrounding area of Miller Park.  There was a strict limit of one ornament per person and Brewers staff were placed in all planting locations to monitor the scavenger hunt activities.