You would think he would at least wait until the Wisconsin State Senate really begins it’s session before he would make a threat, but Republican activist Bob Dohnal is already suggesting that newly sworn in State Senator Jim Sullivan (D-Wauwatosa) will be out of office before he can act on the public place smoking ban [...]

I’m testing out a new comment feature for WordPress.
If everything works out well, I’ll be able to nix the moderated comment policy I’ve been using. While it’s a certainty that I’ll always have to do the occasional retro-moderation, this new feature, assuming it will work, will allow discussions to take place in almost real [...]

I met Kevin Fischer in 1996 when he was a reporter for AM620 WTMJ, the local Republican talk radio station, and I’ll say that when I talked to him he seemed to be a pretty good guy. Yes, he’s a republican, and yes he works for State Senator Mary Lazich (R-New Berlin), but on [...]

In an effort to make themselves look good, the DNR will be donating deer they kill that test negative for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), to food pantries. Still other governmental bodies donate wild canadian geese they kill. In both cases, the kills are for a greater good — in the former, controlling CWD, [...]

At Watchdog Milwaukee we are occasionally implored to write a story about an issue a reader feels strongly about. Usually these requests involve me making a few phone calls to verify the sources and a bit of investigative journalism. The story below was submitted last week but contains some information that we believe [...]

Governor Jim Doyle is expected to announce a plan to ban smoking in public places in Wisconsin. Despite its obvious merits, it’s a plan that may get bottled up in legislative committees.
Two state legislators have the say so. State Senator Lena Taylor (D-Milwaukee) chairs the State Senate Health committee. Clearly she would [...]