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Pre-pandemic issues pose greatest challenge for Milwaukee budget

While the global pandemic has created budgetary challenges for the city of Milwaukee in its 2021 budget, underlying structural fiscal woes are the primary cause of the difficult decisions it presents, including the possible elimination of 120 sworn police officer positions.

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Frost brings growing season to sudden end

My footsteps made soft crunching noises as I walked across a frosty white carpet. A waning moon was visible in the early-morning sky. In the early hours of Oct. 4, the growing season ended in our valley as temperatures landed in the upper-20s. I awoke to a layer of white frost coating the lawn.

capitol report, wispolitics

Over $1.1 billion on the ballot in Wisconsin school referendums

Wisconsinites this November will be deciding on more than $1.1 billion in K-12 school referendums across the state, a total that, when combined with ballot measures in April, puts more school money on the ballot this year than any other single year this century.

Peter Kwong

More than just a shoebox

Operation Christmas Child brings joy around the world through gifts packed into a shoebox. Consider donating to the program this Christmas.