Milwaukee Common Council

The City of Milwaukee budget comes after the summer's shared revenue deal and city and county votes to increase sales taxes.

Council members may try to push back against some Republican requirements for Milwaukee.

Milwaukee is gearing up for its spring election on April 4. Meet the candidates running for Common Council in Milwaukee's 9th district.

Residents of the district haven’t had a representative on the Common Council for more than six months.

Milwaukee’s 5th district has been without a Common Council representative since former Alderwoman Nikiya Dodd stepped down last fall. Seven candidates were vying for the seat representing Milwaukee’s far northwest side. The February primary narrowed it down to Annette Jackson and Lamont Westmoreland.

There are three contested races for the Milwaukee Common Council Wisconsin April 4, 2023 election. District 1 candidates are David Bowen and Andrea Pratt. District 5 candidates are Annette Jackson and Lamont Westmoreland. District 9 candidates are Odell Ball and Larressa Taylor.

Tuesday morning, the Milwaukee Common Council passed a plan to reinstate a mask mandate amid concerns that it won't be enforced.

Acting Mayor Cavalier Johnson signed off on new aldermanic districts in Milwaukee Tuesday.

Chantia Lewis, a minister, member of the Milwaukee City Council and a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, was charged Tuesday with four felonies and one misdemeanor for allegedly stealing at least $21,000 from her campaign fund and lying about it.

The Milwaukee Common Council has adopted a resolution aimed at eventually making sure that all city elected officials are governed by policies regulating sexual harassment and other forms of intimidation. But prior to that unanimous vote Tuesday, there was controversy.