The two-year increase will be smaller than the utility proposed. Commissioners also challenged shareholder returns, limited profits on cost overruns and lowered the payments customers must make to restore disconnected service.
Economic Development
Economic Development
Posted inEconomic Development, Government & Politics, Health and Wellness, Housing, Opinion: Community Voices
We asked women what their priorities are this election. Here’s what they said
Health, housing, food and pharmacy access, and cost of living were among their top concerns.
Posted inEconomic Development, Social Development Commission
City of Milwaukee pulls commissioner from SDC board in latest loss of support
The City of Milwaukee withdrew Jackie Q. Carter from her appointment on the Social Development Commission board on Friday.
Posted inEconomic Development, Social Development Commission
Lawsuit updates, board resignations and more: Here’s the latest on SDC
The Social Development Commission recently had a lawsuit against it dismissed, is dealing with a string of board resignations and did not have enough members for a quorum for its most recent meeting.
Posted inEconomic Development, Government & Politics
David Crowley offers plan to regulate artificial intelligence in Wisconsin
Crowley wants to limit AI chatbots for children under 13 and increase penalties for circulating AI-generated sexual images of minors.
Posted inEconomic Development
Use of NDAs for Wisconsin data centers wider than previously known
The Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. signed five nondisclosure agreements with developers, including three for projects for which local NDAs weren’t previously disclosed.
Posted inEconomic Development, Social Development Commission
SDC faces new board resignations and $3.5 million deficit amid push to restart services
Two board members resigned Tuesday over governance concerns as the Social Development Commission announced it has just $2,770 in cash, a $3.5 million net deficit, and is actively considering bankruptcy alternatives while trying to revive its tax assistance program.
Posted inEconomic Development, Health and Wellness
Energy bills are rising in Wisconsin. Who feels it most?
Some Wisconsin communities are hit harder by increasing energy prices. Explore where energy costs take the biggest bite out of household incomes — and why there’s debate over what those numbers mean.
Posted inEconomic Development, Environment
Walnut Way secures $1.1 million to fund one-megawatt community solar project
The Lindsay Heights nonprofit announced plans to install a megawatt’s worth of community solar infrastructure at neighborhood sites to create the Milwaukee Interagency Resiliency & Access Centers for Learning & Equity, or MIRACLE.
Posted inCommunity, Economic Development, Opinion: Community Voices
Opinion: Investing in the people who help build our neighborhoods
Drea Rodriguez discusses the importance of supporting community organizers, who help engage residents across the city.