Wauwatosa School District facing $1 million cut in state aid under Gov. Walker’s budget

Well this is awkward… Facing a hit of about $900,000 under Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed state budget, Wauwatosa School District officials are planning meetings with lawmakers to push them to restore funding in the final budget. “I think it’s important that they know the impact of what it will mean…

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President Obama: I’d love a constitutional amendment to reverse Citizens United (VIDEO)

Yes, yes, YES! Barack Obama has a radical idea for how to reform campaign finance: amend the Constitution. The president told Vox in an exclusive interview that he wants to see such a drastic change, because he thinks the money-in-politics status quo is so damaging to our political system. Arguing…

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Ten questions from Blogging Blue readers to DPW Chair candidate Jason Rae

A few weeks ago I asked the readers of Blogging Blue what questions they’d ask the candidates vying to replace Democratic Party of Wisconsin chair Mike Tate if they had the opportunity, and the questions you all came up with where whittled down from several dozen to ten. Each of…

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