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As local news outlets in the United States face budget cuts and closures due to declining revenue, it has become increasingly challenging for local journalists to spend money on litigating records disputes. WMTV’s commitment to its watchdog role is a bright light.
Where is the Republican plan — coordinated and supported by Republican majorities in both houses of the Legislature — to return the budget surplus?
Baseball Commissioner’s threat looks desperate, team’s lobbying looks inept.
I wish I could say that Wisconsin and Milwaukee would lead the country in telling billionaires to pay for their own baubles. But given the realities of Republican politics in Wisconsin, I just don’t see that happening.
There was a time—long ago, in Wisconsin’s largest city—when likening politics to a sewer was a compliment.
Legislators are leveraging the shared-revenue crisis to dominate and possibly crush the Wisconsin right’s favorite punching bag.
Milwaukee’s made-up MKE Peace Week didn’t quite live up to expectations as 21 people were shot with 3 being killed.
We now are at a inflection point in American history; this requires us to think deeply about how we argue and how our political discourse, whether spoken by the right or left, must be changed to guarantee the survival of this great experiment we call the United States.
Rather than worry that students on UW campuses are being indoctrinated, we instead should listen to them and follow their lead.
The rise and fall of Milwaukee’s parks and fall and rise of New York’s Central Park offer an important lesson.
Local officials in Milwaukee are planning to exploit a loophole in state law that could lead to unlimited property tax increases across four counties in support of Milwaukee County Parks.
If we step in and “save the day,” there will be no consequences for the poor policies which led to the current situation.
What’s needed most is a revival of politics as it should be: people building real power together, engaging with each other in the work of moving policy in a direction they care about and getting what they want for their community.
Got to get voters where they live before they will go your way. Purists lose elections.
While the Biden-McCarthy deal denies food to hungry people, it increases Pentagon spending by tens of billions.
The corporations that produce the wares of war have been among the country’s most notorious grifters practically since the founding of the republic.
Memorial Day has an unfortunate time relation with another major event affecting veterans — the deadlock on raising the nation’s debt ceiling.
Intellectual and viewpoint diversity must be on an equal plane with all other types of diversity our university system promotes.
The problem of undiversified, inequitable and exclusionary policies.
This year, instead of threats and insults, Evers and Republican legislative leaders have actually reached tentative agreements on three major pieces of the 2023-25 state budget.
As local news outlets in the United States face budget cuts and closures due to declining revenue, it has become increasingly challenging for local journalists to spend money on litigating records disputes. WMTV’s commitment to its watchdog role is a bright light.
Where is the Republican plan — coordinated and supported by Republican majorities in both houses of the Legislature — to return the budget surplus?
Baseball Commissioner’s threat looks desperate, team’s lobbying looks inept.
I wish I could say that Wisconsin and Milwaukee would lead the country in telling billionaires to pay for their own baubles. But given the realities of Republican politics in Wisconsin, I just don’t see that happening.
There was a time—long ago, in Wisconsin’s largest city—when likening politics to a sewer was a compliment.
Legislators are leveraging the shared-revenue crisis to dominate and possibly crush the Wisconsin right’s favorite punching bag.
Milwaukee’s made-up MKE Peace Week didn’t quite live up to expectations as 21 people were shot with 3 being killed.
We now are at a inflection point in American history; this requires us to think deeply about how we argue and how our political discourse, whether spoken by the right or left, must be changed to guarantee the survival of this great experiment we call the United States.
Rather than worry that students on UW campuses are being indoctrinated, we instead should listen to them and follow their lead.
The rise and fall of Milwaukee’s parks and fall and rise of New York’s Central Park offer an important lesson.
Local officials in Milwaukee are planning to exploit a loophole in state law that could lead to unlimited property tax increases across four counties in support of Milwaukee County Parks.
If we step in and “save the day,” there will be no consequences for the poor policies which led to the current situation.
What’s needed most is a revival of politics as it should be: people building real power together, engaging with each other in the work of moving policy in a direction they care about and getting what they want for their community.
Got to get voters where they live before they will go your way. Purists lose elections.
While the Biden-McCarthy deal denies food to hungry people, it increases Pentagon spending by tens of billions.
The corporations that produce the wares of war have been among the country’s most notorious grifters practically since the founding of the republic.
Memorial Day has an unfortunate time relation with another major event affecting veterans — the deadlock on raising the nation’s debt ceiling.
Intellectual and viewpoint diversity must be on an equal plane with all other types of diversity our university system promotes.
The problem of undiversified, inequitable and exclusionary policies.
This year, instead of threats and insults, Evers and Republican legislative leaders have actually reached tentative agreements on three major pieces of the 2023-25 state budget.
