Newsletter
10/1/19
3rd Quarter 2019 President’s Message
The recently announced plan by Milwaukee County municipal, county, and business leaders to push for a voter referendum on a one-cent county sales tax is significant on many fronts. The most obvious is the impact a new 1% sales tax – coupled with property tax relief – would have on...
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9/30/19
Forum hosts Policy in a Pub with Milwaukee Mayor & County Exec
We saw a record turnout for our Policy in a Pub at Merriment Social in Milwaukee on Monday, September 23. We previewed both the City of Milwaukee’s and Milwaukee County’s 2020 budgets (stay tuned for our budget briefs to be released in October!). Mayor Tom Barrett and County Executive Chris...
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8/27/19
Local Governments on the Rise
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7/2/19
News & Updates | 2nd Quarter 2019
President’s message The Forum’s recently released final installment of our five-part series of reports on Milwaukee’s local government infrastructure caps nearly three years of painstaking data collection, interviews, analysis, writing, and editing. There’s no question the time and effort was worth it. Infrastructure financing woes deeply impact metro Milwaukee’s economy...
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7/2/19
2nd Quarter 2019 President’s Message
The Forum’s recently released final installment of our five-part series of reports on Milwaukee’s local government infrastructure caps nearly three years of painstaking data collection, interviews, analysis, writing, and editing. There’s no question the time and effort was worth it. Infrastructure financing woes deeply impact metro Milwaukee’s economy and quality...
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7/1/19
Past and Proposed State Taxes and Spending
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6/28/19
2019 Salute to Local Government
More than 430 people packed the Grand Ballroom at our 27th Annual Salute to Local Government on June 25, which featured Governor Tony Evers as our keynote speaker. Our awards recognized governments for strong financial management, innovation, partnership and cooperation, as well as individuals in the public sector for excellence...
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6/25/19
2019 “Salute to Local Government” Winners
We are pleased to announce our 2019 Salute to Local Government award winners!
This year’s Salute marks ...
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6/25/19
Norman N. Gill Award – 2019 Winner
Janet Schutz Nelson Chief Legal Counsel, Milwaukee County Department of Child Support Services Janet Schutz Nelson was hired as a staff attorney in Milwaukee County’s Department of Child Support Services in 1990 and became chief legal counsel within four years. She has held that position ever since and served as...
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