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Act 12 reshapes Milwaukee’s city budge outlook in 2024

The city of Milwaukee’s 2024 budget proposal features a paradigm shift: after years of warnings about its finances nearing the brink, a revenue infusion from a new sales tax and state aid increase enables the city to generally maintain existing service levels and even invest in key areas.

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Protect the press against bogus lawsuits

Your Right to Know is a monthly column distributed by the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council (wisfoic.org), a nonpartisan group dedicated to open government.

McCulley hired at APG-Southern Wisconsin

Wisconsin journalist Anthony McCulley is the new reporter covering village and city government in eastern Dane and western Jefferson counties for Adams Publishing Group’s Southern Division.

In the role, he will cover Cambridge, Deerfield, Cottage Grove, Lake Mills, Fort Atkinson and Jefferson. A resident of Cottage Grove, McCulley is a sophomore at Madison Area Technical College. He recently completed a journalism studies certificate and contributed print, social media and podcast content for the school newspaper, The Clarion.

Magic of travel, in the eyes of a child

Bill Barth is the former Editor of the Beloit Daily News, and a member of the Wisconsin Newspaper Hall of Fame. His wife, Stephanie Klett, is the President and CEO of Visit Lake Geneva, and the former Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Tourism.

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