RACINE — The organization that puts boots on the ground to work with residents in challenged neighborhoods has the green flag to continue its work. The Racine Common Council voted to accept state funding to continue Safe and Sound for an additional three years on Tuesday (Nov. 23). Safe and Sound originated in Milwaukee more […]
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2024 budget amendments debated by city leaders
RACINE — There was wide-ranging debate on issues from the proposed 2024 budget as city leaders considered the impacts of increasing parking fees, employee benefits and wage differentials. The Committee of the Whole met on Thursday to discuss proposed amendments to the 2024 city budget. The committee voted unanimously to recommend the Racine Common Council […]
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City moves forward in process for YMCA acquisition with 10-2 vote in favor
RACINE — The Community Development Authority is a step closer to acquiring the YMCA property at 725 Lake Ave. The Common Council voted Tuesday in favor of giving the CDA the authorization to negotiate with the YMCA to acquire the property for blight elimination and redevelopment. The YMCA was built in 1960, but the organization […]
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New gun violence reduction action plan to be implemented in Racine
RACINE — In 1996, a strategy for reducing gun violence was implemented in Boston that centered on collaboration and focused on the specific groups responsible for the rise in homicides. Police investigate in Graceland Cemetery in June 2022 after gunfire erupted during the funeral of Da’Shontay King. – The results were dramatic. In one five-month […]
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City approves property swap with RUSD
RACINE — The Common Council has approved a property swap with Racine Unified School District. As part of the deal, the school district will acquire Franklin Park, 900 11th Street, with just under four acres, which will bring additional space to the campus where the district intends to build the new Red Apple STEAM K-8 […]
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Save A Lot reopening uncertain; Common Council votes against liquor license 6-5
RACINE — The possibility of Save A Lot returning to Elmwood Plaza Shopping Center, 3701 Durand Ave., looks less likely as the company was unable to secure a class A liquor license. The Common Council voted Tuesday, July 18, six to five against exceeding the city’s liquor license quota. To exceed the quota would require […]
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Racine Mayor Cory Mason, 8 aldermen sworn in Tuesday evening
RACINE, Wis. — Mayor Cory Mason and eight Racine Common Council members were sworn into office Tuesday night in front of family, friends and political supporters. Mayor Cory Mason poses for a selfie with a well-wisher after election results confirmed that he’d been re-elected to a four-year term as mayor. (April 4, 2023) – The […]