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Barrett announces cost-savings plan for Wisconsin

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Published June 7, 2010 at 2:57 p.m.

Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett has announced a plan that he says will save Wisconsin taxpayers at least $1.1 billion while also making significant reforms in the way state government works ...

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Milwaukee budget surplus won't be used to roll back pay cuts, Barrett says

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Published May 6, 2010 at 10:18 p.m.

After last week's announcement of a $23 million Milwaukee city budget surplus for 2009, city employee union leaders were quick to suggest using the money to roll back cuts in their members' pay or ranks ...

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Barrett says he'll testify at sentencing of his attacker

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Published April 28, 2010 at 12:04 p.m.

Madison - Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett said Wednesday he will testify at the July sentencing of his attacker ...

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Milwaukee finishes year with $20 million surplus

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Published April 28, 2010 at 9:36 a.m.

Milwaukee's city government finished 2009 with a $20 million surplus, Mayor Tom Barrett announced Wednesday ...

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6-week-old dies after co-sleeping with mother

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Published Dec. 28, 2009 at 1:38 p.m.

A 6-week-old girl was found dead Christmas morning after spending the night co-sleeping with her mother and her 2-year-old brother.The mother, Africa Shaw, 27, told investigators that her daughter's lips were blue and her body cold when Shaw woke about 8:30 a.m. Friday, according to a medical examiner's report. The cause of the child's death has not been determined.Shaw told investigators she fed the child, Navaeh McIntosh, Thursday evening, and then placed the infant on a baby blanket on Shaw's

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Bill gives Barrett mega power over schools

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Published Dec. 12, 2009 at 12:59 a.m.

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett would have more power over the Milwaukee Public Schools superintendent and budget than nearly any other U.S. mayor holds over a big-city school system, under a bill the Legislature is to consider Wednesday ...

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Milwaukee firefighters' union leader to retire

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Published Nov. 17, 2009 at 7:01 p.m.

Bobbie Webber, the president of the union that represents Milwaukee firefighters, will retire effective Jan. 22, according to a news release Tuesday from the union.Webber has been the president of the Professional Firefighters Association Local 215 for three years.The union has battled efforts by Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett to trim fire department staffing throughout Webber's tenure as president ...

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Get ready for a force-fed election diet

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Published Nov. 17, 2009 at 1:23 a.m.

With Mayor Tom Barrett announcing a run for governor of Wisconsin, joining Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker as Milwaukee candidates for the top office in the state, the term "local politics" will take on new meaning ...

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