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Evers Signs Budget But Reduces Tax Cut

Evers Signs Budget But Reduces Tax Cut

Budget boosts K-12 spending, shared revenue to local governments and saves some UW DEI staff.

Sponsored: FREE – Fine Arts Quartet performs Haydn & Mendelssohn
Sponsored

FREE – Fine Arts Quartet performs Haydn & Mendelssohn

A FREE concert at the Jewish Community Center featuring a mature Haydn & a gifted Mendelssohn. Thursday, July 13, 7:30 pm (Pre-talk at 6:30 pm) Reservations required. Sponsors: Friends of the Fine Arts Quartet & over 140 community donors.

Murphy’s Law: County Comptroller Could Get $1 Million Backdrop
Murphy’s Law

County Comptroller Could Get $1 Million Backdrop

Or about $700,000 if Scott Manske is not reelected for another four years.

State Budget Gives No Funding Increase to 40% of School Districts

State Budget Gives No Funding Increase to 40% of School Districts

Total funding up 3% but Madison got a decrease and Racine got 22% increase.

Photo Gallery: Independence Day Parades Snake Through Milwaukee
Photo Gallery

Independence Day Parades Snake Through Milwaukee

No shortage of smiles, nor candy, as community groups host Fourth of July events.

New Faces in New Places

New Faces in New Places

A look at all the new people in new places.

Sponsored: FREE – The Fine Arts Quartet performs two great quintets
Sponsored

FREE – The Fine Arts Quartet performs two great quintets

A FREE concert at UW-Milwaukee’s Zelazo Center featuring Ernst Bloch’s virtuoso piano quintet and Franz Schubert’s extraordinary C Major quintet. Sunday, July 9, 3:00 pm (Pre-talk at 2:00 pm). Sponsored by over 140 community donors.

Wisconsin Has Developed Technique That Could Recycle Flexible Plastics

Wisconsin Has Developed Technique That Could Recycle Flexible Plastics

Process developed by UW-Madison professor and Green Bay company still in early stages.

Study Finds Maternal Death Rate Rose in Last 20 Years

Study Finds Maternal Death Rate Rose in Last 20 Years

Highest increase in Wisconsin was for Native American and Hispanic mothers.

Wisconsin Officials Urge Fireworks Safety On Fourth of July

Wisconsin Officials Urge Fireworks Safety On Fourth of July

Dry conditions call for more caution, state fire officials stress.

Once Secret Restaurant Closing

Once Secret Restaurant Closing

Red Light Ramen, a spinoff of Ardent, grew a following on the Lower East Side.

It’s Plastic Free July!

It’s Plastic Free July!

You can take the Plastic-Free Pledge, join the cause of groups like Plastic-Free MKE, to reduce use of single-use plastics.