Category: Wisconsin

Yesterday I published Milwaukee Common Council Statement: MPD Misconduct? which contained the complete joint resolution from the Milwaukee Common Council about an officer involved incident in Milwaukee around the police brutality protests. I didn’t do a head count on the number of alderpersons signing on to the resolution. It was…

Particularly not now…and this seems like an appropriate article to get out there. Here’s the headline (linked): Black professionals want to see Milwaukee move forward. Here’s how it happens. Here’s all I can see…hope many of you can see more: Well-known black business executives Nicole Robbins, Clifton Phelps and Kevin…

We elected a new Wisconsin State Supreme Court Justice on April 7, 2020. Why isn’t that new justice being added to the court until August 1, 2020? Archaic rule? Constitutional instruction? Leftover from the days when courts didn’t meet 12 months a year? Because it takes that long to ride…

As part of Wisconsin’s efforts to mitigate the economic impact of COVID-19, Governor Tony Evers announced a program to help renters who are at risk. The initial commitment is $25 million. Gov. Tony Evers announced a $25 million Wisconsin Rental Assistance Program for those who have experienced income loss as…

This seems a little harsh even for this lefty but as I watch President Donald Trump push the United States toward Third World status…and given the intractability of Wisconsin Republicans…it gets easier and easier to view Wisconsin as a failed state. article shared by a regular reader. A failed state…

Using federal monies available to Wisconsin through the Coronavirus Aids, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES), the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp will provide grants to small businesses throughout the state. Wisconsin small businesses that saw revenue interrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic are eligible under two grant programs totaling $75 million…

This notice came out @ 4 PM yesterday…so the tomorrow referenced is today. This if free drive up COVID testing for anyone who shows up.

Scientists continue to be baffled by the coronavirus as its moved rapidly around the world and exhibited itself in now a myriad of ways…affecting all age groups…and not necessarily in consistent patterns. And besides the lungs it seems to infect and damage many of the bodies major organs. There’s never…

and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald will whoop and holler that Governor Tony Evers is doing it all wrong! Sorry that this is behind a paywall but the gist of what I need is the first paragraph anyway (shown below): Gov. Evers to soon announce…

This editorial appeared on the front page of this morning’s Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. I am reprinting here in total. I agree with it. I will have comments on it later in another post. It’s up to us.  We can’t count on our elected representatives to work together for the public…