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Bike Czar: Governor Signs Vulnerable User Bill
Bike Czar

Governor Signs Vulnerable User Bill

Bill to protect bikers and pedestrians and a separate bill allowing biking on state trails after 11 p.m. were both passed by legislature.

Oil Shipping Could Endanger Great Lakes

Oil Shipping Could Endanger Great Lakes

Study says states not prepared for spills from tankers shipping oil from Alberta tar sands.

Bike Czar: Will Supreme Court Ruling Close Bike Trails?
Bike Czar

Will Supreme Court Ruling Close Bike Trails?

Decision on ownership of railroad right of ways could affect bike trails in Wisconsin and nationally.

Bike Czar: City Agrees to Plow Hank Aaron Trail
Bike Czar

City Agrees to Plow Hank Aaron Trail

Finally some progress. How my advocacy with state and city officials paid off.

Murphy’s Law: The War Against Wind
Murphy’s Law

The War Against Wind

Wind power is booming in surrounding states but declining in Wisconsin. Why?

State Spending Now an Open Book

State Spending Now an Open Book

Web site tracking state spending is a font of information, not all of it useful.

Bike Czar: Why I’m Boycotting the Farmers Market
Bike Czar

Why I’m Boycotting the Farmers Market

Though the state signed an MOU promising to snow plow the bike trail leading to the Winter Farmers Market, they aren't doing it.

The Legislature’s Unfinished Business

The Legislature’s Unfinished Business

Bills still waiting deal with background checks for gun sales, campaign finance, drone attacks, and woodchuck hunting.

Op-Ed: How to Meet Waukesha’s Water Needs
Op-Ed

How to Meet Waukesha’s Water Needs

A solution based on true market prices is the best way to go.

Murphy’s Law: Global Warming Cover-Up
Murphy’s Law

Global Warming Cover-Up

Journal Sentinel’s coverage of Lake Michigan’s decline is bizarrely slanted. Why?

Final Tally on State Budget

Final Tally on State Budget

The numbers show some surprising priorities, with spending on health care leading the way.

Murphy’s Law: The Strange Life of John Menard
Murphy’s Law

The Strange Life of John Menard

A lurid legal suit against him is the latest chapter in the retail billionaire’s bizarre life.

Milwaukee Leads The Way on Water Testing

Milwaukee Leads The Way on Water Testing

After the cryptosporidium crisis city became a national leader, whose system tests for more than 500 chemicals.

The Hunt for Endocrine Disruptors

The Hunt for Endocrine Disruptors

Study of Minnesota's lakes finds chemical levels that are likely to be found in Wisconsin.

Minnesota Study Scares Wisconsin

Minnesota Study Scares Wisconsin

Study of lakes finds 56 chemicals that could be harmful, prompting calls for more research in Wisconsin.

DNR Doesn’t Test Wisconsin Waters for Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals

DNR Doesn’t Test Wisconsin Waters for Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals

State lags behind Minnesota in testing lakes & rivers for chemicals that hurt reproduction and could cause diabetes, cancer.

The Fight Against Wisconsin’s Iron Mine

The Fight Against Wisconsin’s Iron Mine

Tribal leaders, environmentalists and local officials have united to fight a massive mine which could be toxic to a water-rich area known as “Wisconsin’s Everglades.”

How Sand Mines Pollute

How Sand Mines Pollute

Wisconsin is the leading supplier of sand for oil and gas fracking. But nearly one-fifth of sand mines have environmental violations.

Murphy’s Law: Super Scott
Murphy’s Law

Super Scott

Democrats continue to underestimate Walker, even as he radically transforms the state.

Bike Czar: The Problem with Icy Trails
Bike Czar

The Problem with Icy Trails

The city and county do a much better job of plowing and clearing streets than bike trails. That won't change until bikers start complaining.

Bike Czar: A Primer on Transportation Funding
Bike Czar

A Primer on Transportation Funding

Want to get wonky with me? Here's a rundown of how the government bicycle programs actually work.

Riverwest’s New Dog Park

Riverwest’s New Dog Park

Land once owned by Johnson Controls will become the newest dog park in Milwaukee County.

Bike Czar: Big Cuts in Bicycle Funding Likely
Bike Czar

Big Cuts in Bicycle Funding Likely

Federal and state funding for bicycle transit could be slashed by as much as 50 percent.

Governor Walker’s Pro-Sprawl Agenda

Governor Walker’s Pro-Sprawl Agenda

It was clear that the election of Scott Walker to the Governorship was going to negatively impact transit as well as other services in Milwaukee, but beyond the 'fiscal' matters the agenda he has laid out goes far behind what even we predicted.

Beerline Trail Open to the Public

Beerline Trail Open to the Public

On Wednesday evening, the Beerline Trail celebrated it's grand opening.

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