Politics - Nov. 9, 2009
Politicos react to passage of health care reform bill
The Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representative approved a landmark health care reform bill Saturday night by a 220-215 vote. BizTimes Milwaukee collected reactions about the legislation from Wisconsin's Congressional delegation and others. Their comments follow.
Tags: health care bill, tammy baldwin, paul ryan, jim sensenbrenner, steve kagen, gwen moore, derrick plummer, tom petri, ron kind, bruce josten

Politics - March 27, 2009
Seeking a sense of balance on the big ballast issue
It sounds like a noble goal: tighten up the rules on ships emptying ballast water in order to keep invasive and foreign species from contaminating the Great Lakes. A group of mayors and industry types is pushing for the state to essentially do nothing. The American Great Lakes Association says Wisconsin's three major ports would be cut off from international trade and agricultural exports if forced to follow the proposed permit for their ports.
Tags: great lakes, ballast, ports, steve fisher, american great lakes association, Wiconsin DNR, American Conservative Union, Paul Ryan, Jim Sensenbrenner, Marina Dimitrijevic, honeywell, green print, ashanti hamilton, tony zielinski, carlos santiago

Politics - Jan. 14, 2009
Milwaukee alderman battle to win UWM campus
Aldermen haven't given up on their pitch to get UW-Milwaukee expansions Downtown. UWM has made clear its preference to put its new engineering school at the County Grounds in Wauwatosa. Alds. Bob Bauman and Nik Kovac offered a resolution this week directing city lobbyists to lobby the UW System Board of Regents to locate the largest upcoming UWM building project and new dorms Downtown.
Tags: jim sensenbrenner, latrell sprewell, congress, gwen moore, uwm expasnion, wauwatosa country grounds, dot