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Racine (/ r ə ˈ s iː n, r eɪ-/ ⓘ rə-SEEN, ray-) [8] is a city in and the county seat of Racine County, Wisconsin, United States. It is located on the shore of Lake Michigan at the mouth of the Root River , situated 22 miles (35 km) south of Milwaukee and 60 miles (97 km) north of Chicago . [ 9 ]
Racine County comprises the Racine metropolitan statistical area. This area is part of the Milwaukee-Racine-Waukesha combined statistical area . [ 3 ] According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the county has an area of 792 square miles (2,050 km 2 ), of which 333 square miles (860 km 2 ) is land and 460 square miles (1,200 km 2 ) (58%) is water. [ 4 ]
The Durand and Hill Block at 246 Main St. was built around 1849. It was designed by Lucas Bradley, Racine's first architect, and may have originally been Greek Revival-styled. But it was damaged in the fire of 1882 and probably restyled as then-modern Italianate when it was repaired.
The 17th Senate district was one of the original 19 Senate districts when Wisconsin was established as a U.S. state.The 17th district was defined in Article XIV, Section 12 of the Wisconsin Constitution as "The towns of Racine, Caledonia, Mount Pleasant, Raymond, Norway, Rochester, Yorkville, and Burlington, in the county of Racine". [6]
Green Bay is the state's third-most populous city. Wisconsin is a state located in the Midwestern United States . As of January 1, 2021, there were 190 cities in Wisconsin, and 1,883 municipalities.
The 66th Assembly district of Wisconsin is one of 99 districts in the Wisconsin State Assembly. [1] Located in southeast Wisconsin, the district comprises the southeast corner of Racine County, including the south side of the city of Racine, most of the village of Mount Pleasant, and the villages of Sturtevant and Elmwood Park.
In redistricting after the 2010 census, the city of Racine was mostly removed and rural and suburban portions of Kenosha County were added to the district, turning the 21st into a safe Republican seat. [7] The 2024 redistricting again dramatically reshaped the district, removing all of Kenosha County and most of Racine County.
Bus drivers and managers of the Racine system become city employees after this contract expired in 2022. In 2017, the City of Racine changed the transit system's name from Belle Urban System to Ryde Racine, and added commuter bus service to Chicago and the North Shore suburbs through Coach USA. [3]