Politics - Nov. 5, 2008
Alderman suggest some interesting budget cuts
Milwaukee aldermen resorted to some intriguing attempts at snipping expenses from the city budget. Some of the more creative ideas were axing the city's official weather forecaster and cutting books from the library.
Tags: Ald. Dudzik, Murray & Trettel. Ald. Bauman, Obama, McCain, Milwaukee Public Schools, Ald. Bohl, Ald. Hines, Wally Morics

Politics - July 26, 2007
Hegerty, Hines react to Jude verdicts
Police Chief Nannette Hegarty and Ald. Willie Hines issued statements in response to the Jude verdicts rendered on Thursday.
Tags: frank jude, jr., nannette hegarty, ald. hines

Politics - May 25, 2007
One for the water cooler: Sue Black for county exec?
Given the dearth of possible challengers, the imagination of dream match-ups for the '08 local races are starting to emerge. Courthouse wags suggest that County Parks Director Sue Black is considering a run for county executive against incumbent Scott Walker.
Tags: Sue Black, Scott Walker, County Executive, Parks, Pools, Barnacle Bud, McKiernan’s, Women's Center, Community Advocates, Ald. Hines, Witkowiak, Bohl, Mueller Communications

Politics - April 19, 2007
Hegerty to Hines: Council controls police budget
Milwaukee Chief of Police Nannette Hegerty released a copy of a letter she penned to Common Council President Willie Hines in response to an April 12 letter in which Hines claimed that Hegerty, in a newspaper editorial she wrote, blamed the Common Council for the rise in crime in Milwaukee.
Tags: Hegerty, Ald. Hines, Common Council, police, MPD, crime