Sláinte!
Celebrating Irish Culture in Milwaukee Pubs
Our nostalgic claim to Irishness finds us huddled against the brisk mid-March chill on a pre-dawn sidewalk waiting for the doors of the local Irish pub-of-choice to open for St. Patrick’s Day. While it is with a celebratory spirit that we indulge our Irish side (whether embedded in your DNA or just for the day) with leprechauns, shamrocks and green beer, beneath it all is the story of Ireland’s unique pub culture. An integral part of the country’s rich...
Issue of the Week: Pushing for Health Care Reform
Plus Hero and Jerk of the Week
Here’s a reminder for the folks who don’t think health care reform is necessary: An estimated 2,400 Wisconsin residents will die prematurely this decade if health care reform is not enacted, and 3,500 Wisconsin residents have died from a lack of health coverage since 1995, the last time Congress attempted to enact comprehensive reform...
New Day Care Background Check Law May Not Be Constitutional
Licenses are being revoked for nonviolent, decades-old misdemeanors
Legislators and the state Department of Children and Families may have gotten positive headlines when creating a law that allows the state to permanently revoke child care provider licenses based on a wide range of offenses. But 2009 Wisconsin Act 76, which went into effect Feb. 1, may not be constitutional...
Fallout from UW-Milwaukee Protest
University and protesters provide different versions of events
Last week, UW-Milwaukee students participated in a national day of action to protest the escalating costs of higher education, and to request that UWM Chancellor Carlos Santiago meet with them and consider taking a pay cut to share the burden of budget cuts. But that’s about all anyone agrees on...
- Fallout from UW-Milwaukee Protest
- New Day Care Background Check Law May Not Be Constitutional
- The Politics of Earthquakes
- Scott Walker Sends 76 More People to the Unemployment Line
- Can Day Care Providers Get a Fair Shake?
- Zazi Case Vindicates Justice
- It Is Happening Here
- Will Wisconsin’s Clean Energy Jobs Bill Really Create Jobs, Lower Costs and Help Clean Up the Environment?
- Wisconsin’s Air Is the Dirtiest in the Country Today
- Want Medical Marijuana? The Clock Is Ticking.
- Last Chance to Push for Transit and Parks Funding
- Feingold and Kohl on the Public Option via Reconciliation: Maybe
- BREAKING: UWM Responds to Protest and Arrests
- BREAKING: Arrests at UWM Protest
- Payday Lender Lobbyists Burn Through $669,000 to Save $124 Million in Profits
- Doyle Blames Milwaukee for State’s $0 from the Fed’s Race to the Top: UPDATED
- Feingold and Kohl Push Back on WellPoint’s 17% Rate Hike
- More Fallout from the Bad County Budget
