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9 Winning Issues For Democrats
Trump and Republicans seek 80/20 issues to run on. Should Wisconsin Democrats do the same?
Nov 20th, 2025 by Bruce Murphy
Lawsuit Contesting Wedding Barn Regulations Tossed
Barn owners claimed a new law requiring licenses to serve alcohol unconstitutionally targeted them.
Nov 20th, 2025 by Rich Kremer, Wisconsin Public Radio
It’s a Mistake For MPS To Expel Carmen Northwest
School board could terminate charter agreement Thursday evening.
Nov 20th, 2025 by Quinton Andrew Klabon
Oconomowoc Mom Sues School District For Not Buying Books From Christian Publisher
Karen Sharkey says she chose Lighthouse Learning Academy based on parental autonomy.
Nov 20th, 2025 by Corrinne Hess, Wisconsin Public Radio
Assembly Advances GOP Election Bills, But No Monday Processing
One proposal would eliminate 'central count' locations, which clerks use to be more transparent and efficient.
Nov 20th, 2025 by Anya van Wagtendonk, Wisconsin Public Radio
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Nov 20th, 2025 by Urban Milwaukee
City Reveals New Plan For ‘Landmark’ Downtown Site
After dropping developer, city hoping to find replacement 'in six months.'
Nov 19th, 2025 by Jeramey Jannene
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.
Nov 19th, 2025 by Early Music Now
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.
Nov 19th, 2025 by Danceworks Inc.
Cafe Proposed For Westlawn Gardens
Coffee on Spring would provide additional amenity for residents.
Nov 19th, 2025 by Sophie Bolich
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.
Nov 19th, 2025 by Present Music
Marcus Center Problem Has Been 40 Years in the Making
City being asked to fund repairs to structure it doesn't own.
Nov 19th, 2025 by Jeramey Jannene
