Gov. Tony Evers signs a budget that excludes his plan to help staff-strapped local governments track and apply for federal infrastructure dollars. By Bennet Goldstein Wisconsin Watch Wisconsin Watch is a nonprofit and nonpartisan newsroom. Subscribe to our newsletter to get our investigative stories and Friday news roundup. Editor’s note: A previous version of the story referenced a […]
Wisconsin Republicans Clear Out Projects Stalled by Secretive ‘Pocket Veto’
Gov. Tony Evers is considering next steps as conservation groups question legal authority of Legislature to block projects anonymously by Jacob Resneck Wisconsin Watch Wisconsin’s powerful Republican-controlled budget committee, under fire for using a secretive “pocket veto” to block certain funding, denied several of those requests in a public meeting Tuesday, including for one of […]
Open Mic Event Gives Residents a Chance to Connect with City Leadership
By Ethan Duran On the evening of March 21, residents and public officials gathered in Mobcraft Beer Brewery and Taproom to discuss justice, peace and inequality in Milwaukee for the first Political Open Mic night hosted by NEWaukee and Bridge the City. Ben Rangel and Kyle Hagge, cohosts of the Bridge the City podcast, interviewed […]
Parole Agents Would Be Allowed To Carry Guns Under New Bill
Many Agents Assert They Need To Be Armed When Tracking Down Repeat Parole Violators By Gilman Halsted Community corrections agents in Milwaukee are backing a bill that would allow them to carry guns on the job. Current law bars parole agents from carrying guns, but many agents say they need to carry firearms for protection […]