
Dan O’Donnell: ‘High bail saved my life’
Amid national outrage over the low bail that released a killer just days before the Waukesha Parade massacre, Dan O’Donnell tells the story of a young man whose life was saved because he was held in jail.
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Amid national outrage over the low bail that released a killer just days before the Waukesha Parade massacre, Dan O’Donnell tells the story of a young man whose life was saved because he was held in jail.

Average homeowner in state will see 3% reduction.

It’s a way to inflame voters who haven’t the slightest idea of what it is; they just know it’s bad. And that’s all that matters. Not facts, not ideas on how we can fix our problems, just a bogus slogan.

While I’m not certain at this point which Democrat is best positioned to defeat Johnson, I’m absolutely certain it’s imperative to deny Johnson a third term representing Wisconsin in the Senate.

Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes celebrated his upcoming 35th birthday Monday, a couple days early, with a Madison campaign fundraiser featuring some of the most radical leftists in Wisconsin, and perhaps the nation.

His case adds to data showing proliferation of guns makes us less safe.

The greatest crime perpetrated was that Rittenhouse was ever tried at all.

Firing Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is essential to ending the crisis at the USPS. But the agency needs more than a “return to quiet competence.”

We’ve made major strides in keeping the pandemic from worsening. We need to go further to get it knocked down definitively.

Our COVID-19 heroes deserve everyone’s support. Protect yourself and others, get vaccinated now.

Wisconsin, with one of the lowest rates of dental care in the country, can expand options by allowing dental therapists to practice.

Our region has many people deeply invested in such noble work, people whose passion and ideas come alive in Evjue grant applications, people who are doing more than watching cable news.

As Jennifer Rubin points out, it’s not polarization, it’s Republican radicalization.

Uncritical acceptance of the mythical skills gap has placed higher education in a permanent state of political weakness.

Thankfully, our family is safe. Yet that is all the more reason to pray for the grieving families of those killed and others who were seriously injured by the force of the driver’s vehicle.

The call to remove or impeach Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm is growing louder, led by Republican gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Kleefisch and others.

Republicans are going to use accused killer Darrell Brooks like a hammer.

Prayers for healing and ‘an end to the violence that seems to be all around us.’

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.

Amid national outrage over the low bail that released a killer just days before the Waukesha Parade massacre, Dan O’Donnell tells the story of a young man whose life was saved because he was held in jail.

Average homeowner in state will see 3% reduction.

It’s a way to inflame voters who haven’t the slightest idea of what it is; they just know it’s bad. And that’s all that matters. Not facts, not ideas on how we can fix our problems, just a bogus slogan.

While I’m not certain at this point which Democrat is best positioned to defeat Johnson, I’m absolutely certain it’s imperative to deny Johnson a third term representing Wisconsin in the Senate.

Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes celebrated his upcoming 35th birthday Monday, a couple days early, with a Madison campaign fundraiser featuring some of the most radical leftists in Wisconsin, and perhaps the nation.

His case adds to data showing proliferation of guns makes us less safe.

The greatest crime perpetrated was that Rittenhouse was ever tried at all.

Firing Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is essential to ending the crisis at the USPS. But the agency needs more than a “return to quiet competence.”

We’ve made major strides in keeping the pandemic from worsening. We need to go further to get it knocked down definitively.

Our COVID-19 heroes deserve everyone’s support. Protect yourself and others, get vaccinated now.

Wisconsin, with one of the lowest rates of dental care in the country, can expand options by allowing dental therapists to practice.

Our region has many people deeply invested in such noble work, people whose passion and ideas come alive in Evjue grant applications, people who are doing more than watching cable news.

As Jennifer Rubin points out, it’s not polarization, it’s Republican radicalization.

Uncritical acceptance of the mythical skills gap has placed higher education in a permanent state of political weakness.

Thankfully, our family is safe. Yet that is all the more reason to pray for the grieving families of those killed and others who were seriously injured by the force of the driver’s vehicle.

The call to remove or impeach Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm is growing louder, led by Republican gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Kleefisch and others.

Republicans are going to use accused killer Darrell Brooks like a hammer.

Prayers for healing and ‘an end to the violence that seems to be all around us.’

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.