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The same group that advocated for the recalls, called for reforms to the current county board and in May 2013, the Wisconsin Legislature passed a bill that would mandate a referendum that cut the supervisors salaries, ended health insurance and pension benefits, reduced the board's operating budget, and reduced the Milwaukee County Board of ...
Pension benefits are primarily designed to favor workers who work a full career (typically at least 25 years of service), which account for approximately 24% of state-level public workers. In a study of 335 statewide retirement plans, Equable Institute found that 74.1% of pension plans in the US served this group of workers well.
Francis Thomas Ament (November 17, 1937 - March 10, 2014) was the fourth Milwaukee County Executive, serving from 1992 until his resignation in 2002 amid a county pension scandal. Ament had served as chairman of the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors from 1976 to 1992.
(The Center Square) – Milwaukee’s County Board of Supervisors has unanimously voted to adopt fiscal amendments to the budget that will increase funding for community service programs and ...
With funds stretched thin, Milwaukee County faces a tough budget year ahead, with little room for tweaks. Here are the popular Milwaukee County programs residents called for saving Skip to main ...
County Executive David Crowley has the power to veto the budget adopted by the County Board, which sees a $1.27 million increase to what he had proposed in early October. If the adopted budget is ...
2011 Wisconsin Act 10, also known as the Wisconsin Budget Repair Bill or the Wisconsin Budget Adjustment Act, [1] [2] is a controversial law enacted by the 100th Wisconsin Legislature which significantly limited the rights and compensation of state and local government employees in Wisconsin.
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