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From the mass shooting at Miller brewing in Feb. 2020 to the pandemic to the unimaginable tragedy at the Waukesha Christmas Parade, this community has endured so much these last two years.
Under his direction, criminals like Darrell Brooks, Jr. have routinely been given shockingly low bail and sweetheart plea agreements or never prosecuted at all. The horror in Waukesha is just now drawing national attention to it, but the Milwaukee area has been living—and dying—for 15 years with the unmitigated disaster of John Chisholm’s making.
If you don’t like the result — and I don’t — then the answer is to change the law, not to throw out or defame our system of justice.
At a recent campaign event, Gov. Tony Evers took a premature victory lap on his 2018 campaign promise to “fix the damn roads.”
That means rolling back expanded aid.
Just 10 months after the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, right-wing Republicans are talking openly that the use of force is justifiable to oppose those who wouldn’t overturn the 2020 election.
Abandoning NR-151 recommendations a step backward for Wisconsin.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement WIIN (Wisconsin Infrastructure Investment Now) From WisPolitics.com … — In this week’s Democratic radio address, Gov. Tony Evers wished Wisconsinites a happy Thanksgiving and urged shopping locally. Evers said he is more thankful than ever
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers is losing a member of his cabinet for the second time this month with Insurance Commission Mark Afable retiring from public service. Afable, who Evers appointed to the post
A total of 8,524 homes were sold in Wisconsin in October, marking a 12.3 percent decrease from October 2020, according to the latest Wisconsin Realtors Association report. The total number of statewide home listings also fell to 23,446 for a
When a person is mowing down our children and grandmothers at a Christmas parade, I want the whole world to stop and take stock of what is happening.
One thing appears perfectly clear: Five people wouldn’t be dead and dozens more injured today had someone shut down Milwaukee County’s revolving door of criminal justice.
From the moment Kyle Rittenhouse heeded the call to “take up arms” against peaceful protestors last year to his acquittal in the courtroom Friday, this case has been a long and unrelenting exercise in the power of white privilege and the racism inherent in the American system of justice.
From the mass shooting at Miller brewing in Feb. 2020 to the pandemic to the unimaginable tragedy at the Waukesha Christmas Parade, this community has endured so much these last two years.
Under his direction, criminals like Darrell Brooks, Jr. have routinely been given shockingly low bail and sweetheart plea agreements or never prosecuted at all. The horror in Waukesha is just now drawing national attention to it, but the Milwaukee area has been living—and dying—for 15 years with the unmitigated disaster of John Chisholm’s making.
If you don’t like the result — and I don’t — then the answer is to change the law, not to throw out or defame our system of justice.
At a recent campaign event, Gov. Tony Evers took a premature victory lap on his 2018 campaign promise to “fix the damn roads.”
That means rolling back expanded aid.
Just 10 months after the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, right-wing Republicans are talking openly that the use of force is justifiable to oppose those who wouldn’t overturn the 2020 election.
Abandoning NR-151 recommendations a step backward for Wisconsin.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement WIIN (Wisconsin Infrastructure Investment Now) From WisPolitics.com … — In this week’s Democratic radio address, Gov. Tony Evers wished Wisconsinites a happy Thanksgiving and urged shopping locally. Evers said he is more thankful than ever to spend time with loved ones and celebrate safely. “We
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers is losing a member of his cabinet for the second time this month with Insurance Commission Mark Afable retiring from public service. Afable, who Evers appointed to the post in December 2018, is leaving the job next month, the
A total of 8,524 homes were sold in Wisconsin in October, marking a 12.3 percent decrease from October 2020, according to the latest Wisconsin Realtors Association report. The total number of statewide home listings also fell to 23,446 for a decrease of 7.2 percent between October 2020 and October 2021,
When a person is mowing down our children and grandmothers at a Christmas parade, I want the whole world to stop and take stock of what is happening.
One thing appears perfectly clear: Five people wouldn’t be dead and dozens more injured today had someone shut down Milwaukee County’s revolving door of criminal justice.
From the moment Kyle Rittenhouse heeded the call to “take up arms” against peaceful protestors last year to his acquittal in the courtroom Friday, this case has been a long and unrelenting exercise in the power of white privilege and the racism inherent in the American system of justice.