Politics - Feb. 4, 2009
Common Council scoffs at DOT's interchange plan
The state Department of Transportation took its road show to the Common Council last week briefing Milwaukee officials on its plan to redo the Zoo interchange. DOT says it is the busiest interchange in the state and needs some help in moving vehicles along. They offered a new road term called the "Texas U-turn." But it didn't get a warm reception.
Tags: zoo interchange, scott walker, ald. joe davis, Dept. of Transportation, Ald. Willie Hines, Ald. Bob Bauman, Ald. Michael Murphy, Ald. Bob Donovan, Alberta Darling, MPS, Jim Klajbor, Scott Gunderson, randy Koschnick, Shirley Abrahamson, Jim Doyle, Joe Wine

Travel & Visitors Guide - Jan. 21, 2009
Where do politicians like to hang out in Madison?
In honor of "Madison Week" here at OnMilwaukee.com, we asked a handful of elected officials from the Milwaukee area where they like to go for lunch, dinner and cocktails near the Capitol and where they would take a first-time visitor in order to get a feel for Madison.
Tags: madison, capitol, ted kanavas, alberta darling, jim sullivan, leah vukmir, jim ott

Politics - Oct. 31, 2008
Campaign ads intensify the noise of election season
Four more days and the ads will end. What will commercial watchers do? It was a political season in which there seemed to be so many Obama or McCain pitches that they were an incessant intrusion on our television viewing.
Tags: doug hissom, obama, mccain, sheldon wasserman, alberta darling

Politics - Oct. 22, 2008
"Antiquated" system creates budget crisis for MPD
Although the Milwaukee Police Department's 911 emergency call system is just five years old, city officials have been told that it needs replacing. The price tag -- $5 million -- coupled with a $370,000 request for crossing guards, has led to some haggling at City Hall.
Tags: chief edward flynn, monica ray, public policy forum, sheldon wasserman, alberta darling, scott fitzgerald, grover norquist, william griesbach, green bay, nativity scene, dan barker, sarah palin

Politics - Sept. 12, 2008
Report details tough times for workers in Wisconsin
The Center on Wisconsin Strategy says "this is a stressful time for workers" in its biennial report on the state of labor in the Badger State.
Tags: hissom, alberta darling, new land development, park people, jim goulee, center on wisconsin Strategy, state of labor, obama, mccain