Politics - June 19, 2009
Task force seeks to update liquor license process
A special task force, chaired by former state Supreme Court Justice Louis Butler, would like to see the Common Council modernize the mechanism for hearing license requests in order to keep politicians from tampering with the process and alleviate the appearance of "aldermanic privilege."
Tags: common council, liquor license, over-concentration, tony zielinski, scott walker, barry mandel, noyes pool, pulaski pool

Politics - March 5, 2008
Homicide Commission under fire
Members of the Milwaukee Homicide Review Commission will update the city's Public Safety Committee on its progress this week.
Tags: Ruvin, Park East, MPD, Barry Mandel, fireworks, Sydney Hih, Blatz, Aloft Hotel, Stoehr, Milwaukee Mile, State Fair Park, Witkowski, Pfister and Vogel, North End