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Lawsuit Seeks To Shield Owners of Contaminated Land From Cleanup Costs

Lawsuit Seeks To Shield Owners of Contaminated Land From Cleanup Costs

Business lobby says owners who didn't cause contamination shouldn't have to pay for cleanup.

Estimating Failure Results in Special Education Aid Falling Short of Touted Record Level
House Unanimously Strips Budget Provision That Would Have Benefitted Sen. Ron Johnson, Others

House Unanimously Strips Budget Provision That Would Have Benefitted Sen. Ron Johnson, Others

The provision would let Johnson and 7 other Senators sue the DOJ for at least $500,000.

New Policy Makes It Easier To Transfer Between UW Campuses

New Policy Makes It Easier To Transfer Between UW Campuses

But faculty, some students, have concerns over curriculum changes.

Leaders Celebrate Opening of Wisconsin’s Largest Private Affordable Housing Complex

Leaders Celebrate Opening of Wisconsin’s Largest Private Affordable Housing Complex

The Corliss will eventually include 576 affordable apartments across eight buildings.

Sponsored: The Real Messiah
Sponsored

The Real Messiah

Early Music Now presents a historically accurate performance of Handel’s Messiah on November 22 at St. Joseph’s Chapel in Milwaukee. Using an orchestra of Baroque era instruments and performance technique, hear the Messiah as it sounded at it’s 1742 premiere in Dublin. Featuring the Bella Voce Chorus and Sinfonia.

Op Ed: Why the Common Council’s Amended Budget is Good Policy for Milwaukee
Op Ed

Why the Common Council’s Amended Budget is Good Policy for Milwaukee

Council's budget amendments are a statement of Milwaukee's values.

Sponsored: Echoes of Hope Presented by Danceworks Performance MKE and Violins of Hope Wisconsin
Sponsored

Echoes of Hope Presented by Danceworks Performance MKE and Violins of Hope Wisconsin

DPMKE presents an entire concert of world premiere works which explore the moment when silence becomes complicity, and speaking out carries risk. Each piece reveals the unseen toll of oppression, the truths we bury to feel safe, and the haunting echoes of ignorance. Read the full story here.

Literary Nonprofit To Take Over The Bindery

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Bay View printing and community hub finds well-known new occupant.

Sponsored: Of Being Numerous – November 23, 2025, 5pm
Sponsored

Of Being Numerous – November 23, 2025, 5pm

The 4-time Grammy-winning choir The Crossing from Philadelphia will perform Christopher Cerrone’s new commissioned work Of Being Numerous, inspired by George Oppen’s epic poem exploring individuality within a broader social context, alongside Caroline Shaw’s Ochre, with the event opening and closing with performances by the Little Priest Singers, a southern/Ho-Chunk family drum.

Entertainment: A Potpourri of Holiday Events Will Fill The Weekend
Entertainment

A Potpourri of Holiday Events Will Fill The Weekend

Deer District becomes Cheer District, New Wave Fest, MAM after Dark and the Domes holiday show.

Assembly Passes GOP Bill That Encourages School District Mergers

Assembly Passes GOP Bill That Encourages School District Mergers

Other bills focus on school discipline, teacher licensing.