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Investigative Report


From Collapse to Recovery to Abandonment
In 2013, Milwaukee County's own Comptroller, DAS Director, Deputy Corporation Counsel, and County Board fiscal analyst formally recommended — in a signed document to the County Board Chairwoman — transferring 800 W. Wells Street and the land beneath it to a private nonprofit that had just required a taxpayer bailout to make its pension payment. No Milwaukee media outlet has ever reported it. The building is still publicly owned today not because anyone protected it, but becau
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4 days ago


The $10M Sale That Couldn't Put a Price on History
In 1976, Milwaukee County accepted the museum at 800 West Wells Street for $10,867,855. That price covered the building, the furnishings, and the land. The artifacts were beyond any assigned monetary value — held in public trust. Nearly 50 years later, a Disposition Plan seeks to change that without a single independent appraisal.
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May 27
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