Do Republicans in the state Legislature really want to know what’s in the curriculum at Milwaukee’s Malcolm X Academy? Is the evangelical wing of the party ready to link arms with Louis Farrakhan?
Of course they don’t, and neither do Alberta Darling’s neighbors in River Hills on the North Shore or Leah Vukmir’s in [...]

So some were wondering if Governor Jim Doyle would cave into the Republican controlled legislature on this one.
Local police associations across the state were nearly united in their opposition to anyone with a permit being able to pack heat just about anywhere they wanted. In a move clearly aimed at reminding law enforcement [...]

Just last week we highlighted yet another of County Executive Scott Walker’s underfunded budgets — specifically the Parks Dept. But Parks is not alone. Now the County’s Family Care budget is facing a $1.8 million shortfall.
This is not the first time. Last year, just like the Parks Department, Family Care ran a [...]

The Underbelly of the Milwaukee Parks Fiscal Deficit Story
by Robert Miranda
January 23, 2006
In a recent article published by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, reporter Dave Umhoefer, who covers Milwaukee County government for MJS, revealed last week that Milwaukee County’s Parks Department is $2.3 million dollars in the hole. While the story labeled the deficit as “deep”, [...]

State Sen. Tom Reynolds (R-West Allis) has introduced a censorship bill that would ban school boards from adopting textbooks that offend his religious sensibilities by using the words “BCE” and “CE” instead of “BC” and “AD.”
Sen. Tom Reynolds: Reynolds Warp.

County Executive Scott Walker is appointing lawyer Barbara Boxer to the Milwaukee Public Museum Board. Boxer once was a Democrat, but more recently has been raising money for Republican Walker, Xoff reports. This simply shows how low Walker has brought the county — the best he can do for his new friend is give her [...]