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Dan O’Donnell: Downtown Milwaukee at a crossroads

Rather than crack down on large gatherings and rowdy behavior by flooding the city with police officers during the late-night hours, Milwaukee seems content to let the party keep moving. Now, though, it’s reached downtown—the crown jewel of Barrett’s failed empire—and one wonders whether he will finally be motivated to crack down on the lawlessness that has engulfed the rest of his city.

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M.D. Kittle: Tone Deaf Tony worsens worker shortage

Gov. Tony Evers said over the weekend that he is leaning toward vetoing a Republican bill that would end the $300 weekly unemployment bonus payment subsidized by federal taxpayers. With the generous benefit, many unemployed in the Badger State are earning nearly $17 an hour not to work — as Wisconsin employers face a crippling worker shortage.

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Dave Zweifel: Thanks to Vos, you can kiss those tax dollars goodbye

Now that Wisconsin’s budget projection shows a big surplus in the coming biennium, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos isn’t interested in using some of the money for more aid to schools and broadband expansion, arguing instead that it should be returned to the taxpayers because they’re the hardworking people who made the surplus possible.

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Dan O’Donnell: Downtown Milwaukee at a crossroads

Rather than crack down on large gatherings and rowdy behavior by flooding the city with police officers during the late-night hours, Milwaukee seems content to let the party keep moving. Now, though, it’s reached downtown—the crown jewel of Barrett’s failed empire—and one wonders whether he will finally be motivated to crack down on the lawlessness that has engulfed the rest of his city.

Read More »

M.D. Kittle: Tone Deaf Tony worsens worker shortage

Gov. Tony Evers said over the weekend that he is leaning toward vetoing a Republican bill that would end the $300 weekly unemployment bonus payment subsidized by federal taxpayers. With the generous benefit, many unemployed in the Badger State are earning nearly $17 an hour not to work — as Wisconsin employers face a crippling worker shortage.

Read More »

Dave Zweifel: Thanks to Vos, you can kiss those tax dollars goodbye

Now that Wisconsin’s budget projection shows a big surplus in the coming biennium, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos isn’t interested in using some of the money for more aid to schools and broadband expansion, arguing instead that it should be returned to the taxpayers because they’re the hardworking people who made the surplus possible.

Read More »

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