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The fifth, sixth and seventh floors of the Milwaukee County Courthouse will reopen Monday.

Landlords trying to rid themselves of problem tenants might have to get in a long line when Milwaukee County Circuit Court repairs its fire damage and resumes hearing eviction cases.

A federal judge dismissed Milwaukee County’s lawsuit to recoup an estimated $1 million it claimed to be owed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in unpaid real estate transfer taxes.

Milwaukee County could pay $95,000 to cover Sheriff David Clarke Jr.’s legal fees in exchange for his promise to drop five appeals.

The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors voted 13-5 Wednesday to uphold its firing of top in-house attorney Kimberly Walker.

The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors voted 14-4 Wednesday to direct Milwaukee-based Hawks Quindel SC to proceed with a review of Act 14 and evaluate whether there is a basis for the county to sue over its implications.

The felony theft case against Milwaukee contractor Homer Key is scheduled for an Aug. 20 hearing to set a trial date.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency is seeking a judge’s approval to become a defendant in Milwaukee County’s federal lawsuit against Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

A Milwaukee County panel Thursday will consider a settlement with Sheriff David Clarke Jr. under which he would dismiss his appeals in five lawsuits against the county.

The Milwaukee County Courthouse will remain closed for the rest of the week, but the adjacent Safety Building reopened Wednesday.

The felony theft case against Freida Webb, Milwaukee County’s former disadvantaged business enterprise program director, is scheduled for a preliminary hearing at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday.

Wisconsin Electric Power Co., Milwaukee, will pay the state $100,000 in fines and fees in a settlement related to a 2011 bluff collapse caused by the company’s retention pond construction project at its Oak Creek Power Plant.

The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors is expected to vote Wednesday on whether to override a veto and continue to retain Milwaukee-based Hawks Quindel SC to evaluate the legality of a state law.

The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors is expected to vote Wednesday on whether to push forward with its plan to fire Kimberly Walker, the county’s chief in-house attorney.

A stymied mixed-use building in downtown Milwaukee could have new momentum, but two companies that insured the original, failed project remain stuck.

Freida Webb, the former director of Milwaukee County’s Office of Community Business Development Partners, was released Thursday on a $1,000 signature bond in connection with four felony charges.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency has until July 8 to petition to be added as a defendant in Milwaukee County’s lawsuit against Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Freida Webb, the former director of Milwaukee County’s Office of Small Business Development Partners, has been charged with forgery, misconduct in public office, theft by fraud and having a private interest in a public contract.

A lawsuit over the construction of Convent Hill, a low-income housing building in Milwaukee, has expanded to include five architects and two manufacturers as defendants and four new plaintiffs.

The owner of a Milwaukee gas station would rather sell his business than continue to fight a deed that dictates what he can sell.

The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors fired its top in-house attorney, Kimberly Walker, without debate Thursday.

The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors is expected to fire the county’s top in-house attorney Thursday.

Milwaukee’s decision Tuesday to repeal the minority hiring requirements that had sparked a lawsuit might land the city back in court.

One Wisconsin franchise of Jacksonville, Fla.-based Paul Davis Restoration Inc. can be forced to pay more than $100,000 in fees and penalties to another branch in state, the Wisconsin Supreme Court decided Tuesday.

Milwaukee County’s million-dollar lawsuit against Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is based on a Michigan decision that recently was overturned on appeal.

Milwaukee County supervisors could spend as much as $25,000 on an outside attorney to either clarify two state reform bills or try to kill them.

Wisconsin borrowers received awards totaling $23.5 million in the first three months of 2013 through the National Mortgage Settlement.

The city of Milwaukee reached a settlement Monday in a federal lawsuit concerning its minority contracting practices.

The Wisconsin Attorney General's Office found Schmitt Challenges Inc., Beaver Dam, and owner Carl Schmitt liable for $70,000 in fines and court costs related to environmental violations.

A proposal that Milwaukee County hire an attorney could signal an eventual shift from the hearing room to the courtroom in the debate over government reform.