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One week after winning the Wisconsin governor’s race, Governor-elect David Crowley says his attention has already shifted from campaigning to building an administration that can “hit the ground running” in January. Crowley joined Point Taken to discuss his transition from Milwaukee County executive to governor, assembling a...
WAUKESHA, Wis. - Voters in Waukesha County will soon head back to the polls to cast another ballot. Last week’s results are now being certified. The canvassing board is expected to continue working through Wednesday. The results of last week’s election will not be made official until their work is done.
KENOSHA COUNTY, Wis. (WLIP)— The Kenosha County Board unanimously approved a $2027 county budget Thursday night, endorsing a spending plan that increases the property tax levy by 2.94 percent while adding funding for public safety, human services and infrastructure projects. The 23-to-0 vote followed months of budget discussions between...
MILWAUKEE — Following the announcement of another WE Energies rate increase, Milwaukee Alderman Alex Brower is pushing for the city to take control of its electric utility. The Milwaukee Common Council unanimously approved a proposal Friday to conduct a feasibility study examining whether the city should acquire WE Energies’ local utility assets. Brower joined WTMJ’s Libby Collins on Wisconsin’s Weekend Morning News to discuss the proposal and what it could mean for Milwaukee residents.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Senate is expected to reconvene this week. When it does, baseball's best team will almost certainly be honored.
Sheldon and Marianne Lubar have committed $10 million to the Milwaukee Art Museum to establish the Lubar Family Center for Drawings and Prints. The gift provides long-term support for researching and maintaining works on paper, which comprise more than half of the museum’s collection of some 35,000 objects. Both...
Milwaukee County supervisors approved the county’s 2027 budget while demanding answers about a roughly $4.56M calculation error that budget staff ID'd weeks before finance leadership was notified.
MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- The long-term lane closure on southbound I-41 from Good Hope Road to Silver Spring Drive is expected to reopen next week, according to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. Jason Roselle, the department's engineering chief, joined us Friday, Nov. 6 to discuss the updates. The General Mitchell...
Milwaukee's Common Council unanimously adopted a $2.27 billion budget for 2027 on Friday, and buried in the numbers is a pointed shift of priorities: $2.5 million pulled from the Milwaukee Police Department, with $1.6 million of that coming straight out of MPD's vehicle account and landing in the Fire Department's budget to buy a new fire engine.
Judges are entrusted with enormous authority, but they are not supposed to be above the law. Attorneys Kirsten Hildebrand and Matt Kaplan discuss Judge Hannah Dugan’s federal case, the ways judges can be disciplined and the challenges of electing judges who are expected to remain impartial. They also explore how campaign fundraising, political labels and the pressure of reelection can create questions about bias in the courtroom. The conversation balances those concerns with stories of judges who have made a positive difference, including Judge Joe Donald’s work creating Milwaukee County’s drug treatment court, Judge Kristy Yang’s service to the Hmong community and Judge Mary Triggiano’s work on behalf of children and families.
For decades, visitors have been able to hike the trails and explore Retzer Nature Center without paying a parking fee. That could soon change under a proposal from Waukesha County.
Milwaukee needs to leverage the Brewers' World Series win into a recruitment pitch, writes businessman and radio host Jeff Sherman in a Journal Sentinel guest column. He has several suggestions on how to make that happen. In a Wisconsin Democracy Campaign post, director Nick Ramos celebrates the Brewers' win and...
This article was originally published by The Badger Project, a citizen-supported journalism nonprofit in Wisconsin. On a day when Democrats scored smashing victories across the country, Mitchell Berman, an emergency room nurse and political rookie, surfed the blue wave to beat U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil by four percentage points, or about 12,000 votes out of more than 300,000 cast.
Moving to or within Southeast Wisconsin means trusting strangers with everything you own, your furniture, your grandmother’s china, and the boxes your kids packed themselves. Choosing the wrong company can turn an already stressful day into a nightmare of damaged belongings, surprise charges, and no-shows. Choosing the right one makes the whole process feel manageable.
MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) — The Milwaukee Common Council has approved Mayor Cavalier Johnson's $2.2 billion budget for 2027, including an amendment to fund one new fire engine. The decision comes after concerns from some alders about the Milwaukee Fire Department's aging fleet and the lack of funding for equipment replacement in the mayor's original proposal.
Former staff, students and parents reflect on the loss of their school as MPS prepares for demolition and a new bidding process.
A petition to remove New Berlin Mayor Dave Ament from office was the only item on the agenda on Thursday night, Nov. 5. FOX6's Abril Preciado was there and has more.
Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley will be the next governor of Wisconsin, after clinching a sizeable win Tuesday over U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany. The Milwaukee Democrat won’t be alone in Madison: Democrats also flipped the state Legislature, and will be in control of the Senate and Assembly for at least the next two years.
A stretch of the Menomonee Valley that spent more than a century as an industrial dumping ground is finally on its way to becoming wetland, and the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District wants residents to help decide what it looks like when it's done. MMSD plans to transform roughly 6.7 acres of the Burnham Canal into a wetland, creating habitat for fish and wildlife along with possible new recreational opportunities for the surrounding neighborhood.
