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  • Commission approves improvementsrepairs on area buildings parks

    MADISON - The State of Wisconsin Building Commission has approved improvements, repair and maintenance on a number of state-owned buildings and areas. They include: - Improvements for Devil's Lake and Harrington Beach State Parks - Department of Correction facilities in Milwaukee and Racine Counties "The approval of these projects today will help maintain and improve some of ...

  • Wisconsin Senate to debate state budget Thursday following quick Assembly passage

    MADISON, Wis. -- The Wisconsin Senate plans to debate the state budget on Thursday, and Republican Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald says no changes are planned. Fitzgerald said Wednesday he thinks there are enough Republican votes in the Senate to pass it in its current form. Republicans hold an 18-15 majority, but some moderates have raised concerns with the expansion of private school ...

  • GOP lawmaker explains no vote on budget

    Rep. Steve Kestell of Elkhart Lake said Wednesday that his "no" vote was because the budget contains too many non-fiscal policy items he opposes or didn't have time to ...

  • Wis Dems No budget debate was tactic not retreat

    was part of a strategy, not surrender. Democrats prepared 211 amendments going into Wednesday's floor session but didn't introduce any of them. Minority Leader Peter Barca was the only Democrat who spoke against the spending plan before majority Republicans adopted it. The Democrats told reporters after the vote Majority Leader Robin Vos, a Burlington Republican, told them the GOP ...

  • Wisconsin Center District says they do not have money to help build a new arena

    MILWAUKEE - With the aging BMO Harris Bradley Center in Milwaukee, the Wisconsin Center District looks to some people as a viable option to help build a new arena. The chairman of the district said board members should know that: "We don't have a lot of extra cash that we have available to us either for collaboration for an athletic facility or building out on our ...

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A Woman is a Woman (Une femme est une femme) [DVD]

A Woman is a Woman (Une femme est une femme) [DVD]

Jean-Luc Godard spend the decade of the 1950s writing influential film criticism for the French journal Cahiers du cinma, and when he launched his own filmmaking career in 1959, he dove in and never looked back. In just over a year, from 1959 to 1960, he had completed three ... ...

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  • MLB starts interviewing players linked to PED scandal

    . It appears they have not yet interviewed two of the biggest players in their sights, Ryan Braun or Alex Rodriguez, but that move is likely to come. "Rodriguez and Braun are the top two reasons this PED case is attracting so much interest, and since they have been in MLB's crosshairs before, some have suggested they may also be viewed as the top two targets," said Jon Heyman ...

  • Highlights of state budget passed by Assembly

    MADISON, Wis. -- The two-year state budget passed by the Republican-controlled Assembly on a 55-42 vote now heads to the state Senate for an expected vote on Thursday. If it passes there in identical form, it then heads to Gov. Scott Walker who can sign it, veto all of it, or veto any individual items he opposes. The Legislature has the option to override Walker's vetoes. Here are some ...

  • Full map of Wisconsin pick-your-own berry farms

    Wisconsin's lingering cold front may have delayed strawberry ripening, but local orchards are still preparing for a bountiful pick-your-own berry season. Whether its blueberries, raspberries, strawberries or pea pods, you can find a number of pick-your-own places with our ...

  • Supervisor Abele aide exchange words after committee meeting

    Emotions boiled over Wednesday, after the issue of weakening the Milwakee County Board got mixed into debate over a proposed deal on transferring a county water tower to Wauwatosa. Don Tyler, County Executive Chris Abele's top aide, strode straight to Supervisor John Weishan Jr. immediately after a committee hearing adjourned, pounded his fist on a table and told Weishan he should have ...

  • Fitch Releases Report on Milwaukee County WI

    Money Market Funds Explore Callable Commercial Paper in Value Search Money market funds (MMFs) are slowly increasing exposure to a relatively new short-term instrument - callable commercial paper (CP), according to Fitch Ratings. MMFs are exploring callable CP as a way to add additional yield and diversification to portfolios, as well as in response to banks' reduced appetite for providing ...

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