Wisconsin Speaker Creates Five New Task Forces
The Center Squareby Benjamin Yount There will be no shortage of task forces in Wisconsin this year. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos on Thursday ordered the creation of four new task forces…
UW-Milwaukee Tells Students Polyamory Has Many ‘Benefits’ Like Extra Pets, or ‘Petamours’
Wisconsin Daily Star Staffby Marya Ruth Dunning The University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee’s LGBTQ+ Resource Center recently posted an Instagram infographic regarding one of the “hidden gems” of polyamory: “petamours.” The post…
Don Jr. Says Christie’s Expected Attacks on Trump at Debate Will Do Him Little Good in Republican Presidential Race
M.D. KittleMILWAUKEE, Wisconsin — As expected, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie took some big swings at GOP presidential front-runner and former president Donald Trump Wednesday night at the first debate…
University of Wisconsin President: School Must Move Forward Despite Financial Issues
by Benjamin Yount The president at the University of Wisconsin says the challenge now is to deal with the school’s financial challenges. UW President Jay Rothman told university regents…
Despite Trump’s Absence, Plenty of Fireworks at First Republican Presidential Debate of the 2024 Season
MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin — For those who thought a Trump-less GOP presidential primary debate was doomed to be a snooze fest, the two-hour political bar brawl disabused them of that notion.…
Milwaukee Police Union Chief Says Socialist Lawmaker Who Claims There’s No Dignity or Value in Policing Should Apologize
State Representative Ryan Clancy, one of two members of the legislature’s Socialist Caucus, is an espouser of the law enforcement-hating, defund the police movement. The Milwaukee Democrat recently proclaimed that…
GOP Presidential Candidate Vivek Ramaswamy Rallies in Milwaukee Night Before First Republican Primary Debate
MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin — With just 24 hours to go before the first Republican presidential primary debate of the 2024 campaign, Ohio entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy spent Tuesday evening as he has…
Conservative Firebrand Kari Lake Plans to Serve as a Surrogate for Trump at Wednesday’s GOP Presidential Candidates’ Debate
Arizona Republican Gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake will be in attendance at Wednesday’s first Republican presidential candidates’ debate in Milwaukee, and she plans to speak up for an absent former President…
Wisconsin Lawmaker and Iraq War Veteran Remembers Disastrous Fall of Kabul, Even As Biden, Media Bury the Anniversary
Lost in last week’s wall-to-wall coverage of the latest Trump indictment and President Joe Biden’s public-relations tour on the one-year anniversary of his costly Inflation Reduction Act was the anniversary…
Republican State Senator Hopes for Skepticism in Possible Wisconsin Utility Rate Hikes
by Benjamin Yount One Wisconsin Republican state senator wants the state’s Public Service Commission to “do their job,” and question a half-billion-dollar utility rate increase. Sen. Duey Stroebel, R-Cedarburg,…