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Milwaukee City Hall exterior inspection closes one lane on Water Street

Monday, May 14th, 2012, 12:30pm

Milwaukee City Hall exterior inspection closes one lane on Water Street

A weeklong inspection of Milwaukee City Hall’s exterior began today as investigations into the cracking sculptures of the building’s exterior continues. The city will close a northbound driving lane on North Water Street to move in a 100-foot crane to give inspectors access to the building. Inspectors also will look at the southern end of the building on East Kilbourn Avenue and its eastern exterior. This is the third inspection of the building exterior since the problems with the cracking sculptures... ... Read More

Democrats show unity in race for governor of Wisconsin

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Wednesday, May 9th, 2012, 1:02pm

Tom Barrett, Doug La Follette, Kathleen Vinehout, Kathleen Falk, Mike Tate

MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett was joined on Wednesday morning, May 9th by the Democratic candidates he defeated in the recall primary for governor. They came together to show unity in their efforts to oust Gov. Scott Walker from office.

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Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett wins Democratic recall primary election

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Tuesday, May 8th, 2012, 3:38pm

MADISON (AP) — Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett won the Democratic primary Tuesday, May 8th in Wisconsin’s historic recall election, emerging from a field of three Democrats to face Republican Gov. Scott Walker next month.

Barrett’s win sets up a June 5 rematch of the 2010 governor’s race in what will be the culmination of an effort to oust the first-term Republican that officially began more than six months ago.

The recall, triggered by the collection of more than 900,000 petition signatures, was spurred by anger over Walker’s proposal passed last year taking collective bargaining rights from public workers.

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What You Need to Know Before You Cast Your Ballot Tuesday

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Monday, May 7th, 2012, 3:00pm

Voters across the state will head to the polls Tuesday to narrow down the field of candidates running for governor, lieutenant governor and, in some cases, state senator in the June 5 recall elections.

Republican Gov. Scott Walker faces recall after opponents turned in hundreds of thousands of signatures in an effort to boot him from office. Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch and four Republican state senators also face recall challenges.

On the ballot in Tuesday's primary election are...... Read More

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Judicial Commission investigating 29 judges who signed recall petitions

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Friday, April 27th, 2012, 5:43pm

MADISON — A nine-member judicial commission in Madison is looking at whether 29 Wisconsin judges should not have signed recall Gov. Scott Walker petitions. The panel is also looking at what, if anything, should be done about it.

Last week, Milwaukee Circuit Judge Dennis Cimpl told the court why he signed a petition and would not step aside from a case. In that case, Kevin Kavanaugh, a former Walker appointee when Walker was Milwaukee County Executive, is accused of stealing money that was supposed to go to veterans’ families.

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Moody's downgrades Milwaukee bond rating

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Monday, April 16th, 2012, 9:28am

Moody's downgrades Milwaukee bond rating

Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded the rating on the city of Milwaukee’s planned $445 million sale of bonds and notes. At the same time, the New York City bond rating agency upgraded the city of Milwaukee’s overall rating outlook to stable from negative. Moody's downgraded the city's planned bond sale to Aa2 from Aa1, which keeps the rating in the high-quality, low-credit-risk category. The bond and notes sale is scheduled for April 23. The rating also affects $963 million in existing... ... Read More

Latinos disagree on redistricting map

Submitted by Sara Torres on Thursday, April 5th, 8:00 am

Latino community members are divided about how the maps for the 8th and 9th state Assembly districts on the south side should be redrawn.

A map drawn by the Republican majority divided the 8th and 9th Districts down Cesar Chavez Drive. Republicans argued that by drawing the districts this way, Latinos might become the majority in both districts during the next 10 years. District boundaries are redrawn every 10 years, after the U.S. Census.

However, some community members are concerned that the proposed map would decrease the power of the Latino vote and ultimately lead to reduced representation in the legislature... Read More

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