Politics - Aug. 21, 2008
Another glancing blow for the WMC
John Wiley, who will retire in September as chancellor of the University of Wisconsin, is shaking things up in Madison as he goes out the door.
Tags: WMC, John Wiley, Wispolitics, Jagler, Small Business Times, Judy Faulkner, David Cullen, David Wittwer, Paul Linzmeyer

Travel & Visitors Guide - April 2, 2008
"Golf Wisconsin" offers great advice for links fun
With much of the state sitting below a solid snow pack and winter tee-ing us off, it may be hard to think about golf, but what else can we count on to carry us through to spring? If you want to get a head start on warm weather planning, Jeff Mayers and Jerry Poling can help.
Tags: Jerry Poling, Wisconsin Golf Getaways, Golf Wisconsin, Jeff Mayers, WisPolitics

Politics - Oct. 13, 2006
Root River could solve Waukesha water woes
In the same way that nature created Lake Michigan, it might have also created a solution for Waukesha to partake of one of the largest freshwater supplies in the world. That conduit could be the Root River.
Tags: Root River, Waukesha, Lake Michigan, WisPolitics, Dennis Shook

Politics - Sept. 29, 2006
Stem cell middle ground could benefit Milwaukee area
Stem cell research doesn't just present challenges in the science lab but in the political laboratory as well. That has been demonstrated time and again as Democrats and Republicans squabble over what kinds of experiments should be allowed when involving embryonic stem cells.
Tags: wispolitics, dennis shook, stem cell, doyle

Politics - Sept. 15, 2006
Walker agrees county budget "daunting but do-able''
A Greater Milwaukee Committee report this week that threatened a push for a state takeover of county government finances is being treated kindly by Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker.
Tags: county, scott walker, dennis shook, wispolitics

Politics - June 30, 2006
Latino convention puts Milwaukee in middle of immigration debate
Thousands of people and top national politicos have been gathering this week for the national League of United Latin American Citizens convention, making Milwaukee and area Congressman F. James Sensenbrenner central figures in the national immigration debate.
Tags: Latino, immigration, WisPolitics

Politics - June 23, 2006
Pabst Farms development brews up more controversy
Despite remarks by Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and Rod Nilsestuen, state agr secretary, Waukesha County is hardly turning into one big parking lot. So said Waukesha County Exec Daniel Vrakas, in response to criticism by Barrett and Nilsestuen at a luncheon last week at the Oconomowoc Lake Club.
Tags: Pabst Farms, WisPolitics

Politics - June 16, 2006
Milwaukee considers policing options
Milwaukeeans have heard proposals from state, county and local officials to counter the violence problem, and on Monday a Common Council committee will consider a proposal to shift $750,000 from a contingency fund to pay for police recruit training.
Tags: MPD, gun, violence, murder, homicide, Common Council, WisPolitics, Barrett, Hegerty

Politics - June 9, 2006
Suburban leaders balk at sales tax plan
Proposals for a regional sales tax boost are getting a thumbs down from suburban leaders. Among them is Waukesha County Executive Daniel Vrakas, who says Milwaukee's best answer to its fiscal problems is not to lobby taxpayers to raise the sales tax but to lobby Madison for diverting some of that revenue.
Tags: tax, wispolitics, suburbs

Politics - June 2, 2006
Battles waged over Kenosha casino plan
The failure of the state Legislature Wednesday to override Gov. Jim Doyle's veto of their oversight of casino sitings makes the odds much better that Kenosha will someday get a casino, proponents say.
Tags: Kenosha, Dairyland, Doyle, casino, gambling, Potawatomi, WisPolitics

Politics - May 19, 2006
Fifer pushing for stronger laws during NRA event
Milwaukeean Debra Fifer spent Mother's Day thinking about her son, who was shot nearly three years ago, and talking about ways to push for stricter gun control laws this weekend when the nationwide National Rifle Association convention comes to Milwaukee.
Tags: NRA, gun, WisPolitics, Fifer

Politics - May 12, 2006
Bartlett verdicts stir anger in Milwaukee
Upset by two recent court decisions that found Milwaukee Police Officer Jon Bartlett not guilty in incidents involving minority men, the NAACP plans to begin holding hearings to plan its reaction.
Tags: Jude, racism, hegerty, police, shook, wispolitics

Politics - April 21, 2006
Opinion: First transit chairman seeks quick rail links
The man who was recently tabbed as the first chairman of the new Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Transit Authority would like to see Milwaukee connected with Kenosha and all points south by rail within two years.
Tags: WisPolitics, Metra, train, transit, light rail, Chicago, Kenosha, Ostby, Shook, Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Transit Authority, RTA, SEWISTRA

Politics - April 14, 2006
Opinion: Will shrunken Waukesha board cut costs?
The Waukesha County Board reluctantly voted to make itself a more exclusive club, bucking the early statewide trend toward resisting such reductions. But there is some evidence that either the savings will be minimal or even that a smaller board will cost taxpayers even more.
Tags: Waukesha, WisPolitics, tax, county, Vrakas

Politics - April 11, 2006
Opinion: Waukesha mayoral race rallies long-languishing Dems
Despite playing down their partisan roots in a non-partisan race, it was clear to most that long-languishing fellow Democrats came out in large numbers to elect Ald. Larry Nelson to succeed Carol Lombardi as the next city leader, defeating state Rep. Ann Nischke, R-Waukesha.
Tags: WisPolitics, Democrat, Republican, Waukesha