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Marvin Pratt is a former Milwaukee alderman and Common Council president. He was the first Black person to serve as acting mayor of Milwaukee when he was sworn in on Jan. 2, 2004, following the sudden resignation of Mayor John Norquist. He served until shortly after the election in April of that year, when Pratt also served as interim Milwaukee County Executive from Feb. 4 to April 25, 2011, after being appointed by County Board President Lee Holloway. He’s the only person to have served in both roles. Harambee: “To pull together” The neighborhood of Harambee, located between North A...

Plus: First tenants announced for North Avenue Market By Jeramey Jannene - Jan 10th, 2021 06:16 pm //end headline wrapper ?> Filer & Stowell, 147 E. Becher St., conceptual rendering. Rendering by Engberg Anderson Architects. Developers intend to create 959 new affordable apartments across Milwaukee, if allocated housing tax credits. The Milwaukee projects are just 13 of the 54 applications submitted to the Wisconsin Housing Economic Development Authority (WHEDA) as part of its annual competitive allocation of low-income housing tax credits. Applications, like i...

Seeking changes to state law to give city's elected officials control. By Jeramey Jannene - Dec 15th, 2020 04:11 pm //end headline wrapper ?> Milwaukee City Hall. Photo by Jeramey Jannene. Milwaukee’s 135-year-old Fire & Police Commission (FPC), often billed as the most powerful independent public safety oversight body in the country, will lose some of its power if the Common Council gets its way. The council passed three separate resolutions Tuesday calling on the city’s lobbying team to seek changes to state law governing the hiring and firing of the poli...

collects those messages are >> those messages are really geared toward swing voters. they really are representatives. the people he talks to back home are his constituents. they probably do not think much about the capital issue. it is still remaining to be seen. >> we will give you the last word. >> gov. dukakis was a clear example of how you can be heard early in the summer if you let these attacks defining. that is not mean -- that does not mean that we could end up the president romney. >> thank you both for being with us. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [...