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Monthly Archives: October, 2020

Liberal Groups Spend Big to Target Once Safe GOP Legislators

Liberal groups, including a shadowy dark money organization tied to labor unions, have dumped a massive amount of cash into legislative races in Wisconsin,...

Wauwatosa Police Union: Chairman’s Threat to Officer, Behavior Ignored

The Wauwatosa Police Union is demanding “greater accountability” from the Common Council and its Government Affairs Committee, saying the city has filed to address...

Barrett sworn in as Supreme Court justice following Senate confirmation

(The Center Square) – Amy Coney Barrett was sworn in as a U.S. Supreme Court justice at a White House ceremony Monday night after...

Shadowy Liberal Group’s Huge Cash Dump Helps Melissa Winker in Oconomowoc Assembly Race

Liberal groups, including a shadowy dark money organization from outside the area tied to labor unions, have dumped an unprecedented amount of cash into...

U.S. Senate confirms Barrett to Supreme Court, giving Republicans a 6-3 majority

(The Center Square) – The U.S. Senate confirmed Amy Coney Barrett to be an associate justice on the nation’s highest court Monday. ...

Wisconsin Republican budget chief questions Gov. Evers for not wanting legislature’s help

(The Center Square) – One of the people who writes Wisconsin’s state budget is accusing Gov. Evers of grandstanding with claims lawmakers are unwilling...

U.S. Department of Energy: Oil and gas production to account for 68 percent of energy consumption over next two decades

(The Center Square) – Over the next two decades, oil and gas production is projected to account for 68 percent of energy consumption in...

Politics, competition with religious schools, far outweighed science in school shutdown decisions, analysis found

(The Center Square) – In response to state and local government shutdowns reportedly designed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, schools districts and...

The Sunday Read: Little new information from final debate

(The Center Square) – Americans looking for a higher degree of civility in the final installment of the 2020 presidential election debate series between...

The Sunday Read:

(The Center Square) – Americans looking for a higher degree of civility in the final installment of the 2020 presidential election debate series between...

Richard Grenell Roundtable: Top Cops Blast Defund the Police Movement

A roundtable of top law enforcement officials, including the former acting director of National Intelligence, Richard Grenell, slammed what they called the recklessness of...

Officer Mensah Stalked & Confronted at Milwaukee Restaurant [VIDEO]

Wauwatosa Police Officer Joseph Mensah was stalked and confronted outside a Milwaukee bar and grill by Black Lives Matter activist Vaun Mayes as Mensah...

COVID-19 unemployment recovery in Wisconsin is the 22nd fastest in the nation

The workforce in Wisconsin is experiencing the 22nd fastest recovery from the layoffs due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a WalletHub study of...

Why Milwaukee Aldermen Must Reject the Outrageous Sylville Smith Settlement

The Milwaukee Common Council must soundly reject the new city attorney's proposed $4 million settlement in the case of Sylville Smith, an armed man...

Beloit has worst quality of life among Wisconsin cities, study finds

Beloit was ranked the worst place to live among all the cities in Wisconsin, according to a 24/7 Wall St. analysis examining communities where...

Trio of cities take Trump to court over ‘anarchist jurisdictions’ designation

(The Center Square) — Seattle, Portland, and New York City are suing President Donald Trump and his administration over legal actions that have put...

Republicans want to know whether Amtrak gave any perks to Biden

(The Center Square) – Republicans on the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee want to know whether Amtrak gave Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden...

Wisconsin’s coronavirus stimulus money almost all spent

(The Center Square) – Just about 90% of Wisconsin’s federal coronavirus stimulus money has been allocated. ...

Op-Ed: Beware of politicizing antitrust lawsuits

This week, Attorney General Bill Barr joined attorneys general from 11 other states, including Louisiana, in releasing their much-anticipated antitrust lawsuit against Google. ...

Robin Vos Announces Task Force on Racial Disparities Members

Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) has announced the members of the newly formed Speaker’s Task Force on Racial Disparities. The task force membership provoked controversy on...

Trump, Biden face off in less chaotic final presidential debate

(The Center Square) – In a far less chaotic encounter than the first debate, President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden met...

Hunter’s Laptop: The 7 Debate Questions That Weren’t Asked

These are the 7 questions the moderator should have asked Vice President Joe Biden during October 22's presidential debate. The moderator, Kristen Welker, a journalist...

Hundreds gather to demonstrate as Trump, Biden meet for a final debate

(The Center Square) – As President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden prepared to meet Thursday night for the last presidential debate...

Chief & Union Blast Comparison of Milwaukee Police K9 Unit to Nazis

Both the Milwaukee Police Chief and Milwaukee Police Association were quick to blast Alderman Khalif J. Rainey's proposal to prohibit the use of canines...

Wisconsin’s $15 million field hospital treating first patient

(The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s coronavirus overflow hospital has its first patient. ...

Court ruling reverses Trump administration’s SNAP changes

(The Center Square) – The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Sunday blocked a Trump administration change to the Supplemental Nutrition...

Op-Ed: America can get back on track with right-sized rail reforms

For the millions of households struggling to cope with the coronavirus pandemic, keeping food on the table while saving for future expenses is no...

Wisconsin food stamp enrollment spiking during coronavirus

(The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s Department of Health Services’ latest report on its FoodShare program shows a jump in enrollment this year, following the...

3rd-degree murder charge for Derek Chauvin dropped, all others charges remain

(The Center Square) – A Hennepin County District Court Judge on Wednesday night chose to sustain eight of the nine total charges against the...

Report of Shots Fired at Mayfair Mall, Wauwatosa Police Say

Wauwatosa police say they responded to a report of shots fired at Mayfair Mall on October 21. At around 6:30 p.m., police "responded for a...

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