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  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

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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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  • 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 ...

  • Assembly passes state budget heads to Senate

    MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- The state Assembly has passed the state budget on a 55-42 vote. The vote came abruptly on Wednesday after Democrats surprisingly decided against offering any amendments. Democratic Minority Leader Peter Barca says Republicans were clear no changes would be made, so Democrats instead were going to take their opposition directly to the public. The $70 billion budget would ...

  • Wooden beam could be detached part of shipwreck

    FAIRPORT, Mich. -; Archaeologists say a wooden beam found embedded in the floor of Lake Michigan wasn't attached to a larger vessel, but that it could be a detached piece of wreckage from a ship that disappeared while exploring the Great Lakes in the 17th ...

  • Milwaukee man is shot police arrest suspect

    A 31-year-old Milwaukee man is in grave condition Wednesday after being shot Tuesday afternoon. The man was shot about 2:20 p.m. in the block of N. 33rd St. and taken to a hospital, Milwaukee police Sgt. Mark Stanmeyer said Wednesday. Police arrested a 30-year-old Milwaukee man who will be referred to the Milwaukee County district attorney's office. To view the latest crime news and an ...

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