Milwaukee County sales tax increase, Crowley signs into law

Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley signed the new 0.4% county sales tax increase into law Thursday at the Washington Park Senior Center.

CVS to lay off 5,000 employees as it seeks to cut costs

The Rhode Island-based pharmacy giant said in a statement that it is eliminating "a number of non-customer facing positions" throughout the company

$1.05 billion Mega Millions jackpot up for grabs in Tuesday night's drawing

No one has won the Mega Millions jackpot since April 18, and the $1.05 billion jackpot is tied for the seventh-largest in U.S. history. Tuesday night’s drawing will be the 30th since someone last won the jackpot.

US trucking giant Yellow shutting down operations amid standoff with Teamsters union

The end of the road comes after the company earlier this month averted a strike by some 22,000 Teamsters-represented workers, saying the company will pay the more than $50 million it owed in worker benefits and pension accruals.

Germantown investment scam, federal prison for business partners

The head of a defunct Germantown real estate company was sentenced July 24 to 16 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to fraud.

Milwaukee County sales tax increase approved in 15-3 vote

The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors voted Thursday, July 27 15-3 to approve the .4% sales tax increase.

Mega Millions lottery jackpot nears $1B ahead of Friday drawing

The Mega Millions lottery jackpot is approaching $1 billion ahead of Friday’s drawing, driving first-time buyers and other hopefuls to stock up on tickets.

Federal Reserve raises key interest rate for 11th time by a quarter-point in effort to slow inflation

The Federal Reserve raised its key interest rate Wednesday for the 11th time in 17 months, a streak of hikes that are intended to curb inflation but that also carry the risk of going too far and triggering a recession.

Milwaukee County sales tax increase, Thursday vote planned

The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors plans to vote Thursday, July 27 on whether to raise the sales tax. If approved, it would be a 0.4% increase.