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Your Right to Know: Records shed light on DNR board shenanigans

Nov. 3, 2021

In the latest "Your Right to Know" column, Tony Wilkin Gibart, executive director of Midwest Environmental Advocates, writes that Wisconsin's open records law has given the public a clearer picture of the controversy involving the Natural Resources Board.

But the picture is far from complete, and that is why his group has sued the NRB's chairman, Frederick Prehn. His column is available for republication by WNA members.

Amid utilities’ resistance, Wisconsin proposal would clear barrier for third-party rooftop solar

Nov. 3, 2021

Wisconsin is the only state where third-party solar ownership has been blocked, advocates say. Legal uncertainty has prevented property owners from using the financing model.

Fiscal hurdles mount for Milwaukee County Parks

Nov. 3, 2021

Growing constraints on property tax resources continue to pose fiscal challenges for Milwaukee County Parks while also requiring greater reliability on revenues from fees, permits, and food and beverage sales.

A view steeped in history

Nov. 1, 2021

A few weeks ago, my wife Sherry and I hiked to the top of Brady’s Bluff in Perrot State Park near Trempealeau on a cool fall afternoon. As we stood atop the bluff some 460 feet above the river, I was struck by the breathtaking vista before us.

Republican gubernatorial race spurs speculation

Nov. 1, 2021

Things are a little messy right now as Republicans look for their gubernatorial candidate to take on Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat.

‘The water always wins’: Calls to protect shorelines as volatile Lake Michigan inflicts heavy toll

Oct. 31, 2021

Wisconsin’s Great Lakes communities expect to spend $245 million in five years to protect shorelines as a climate ‘tug of war’ drives extreme shifts in water levels.

Longtime Janesville Gazette reporter Frank Schultz retires

Oct. 29, 2021

After 31 years in the Janesville newsroom, reporter Frank Schultz has retired from The Gazette, he announced in a column this week.

A 1986 UW-Madison journalism graduate, Schultz got his start in newspapers as a reporter at The Boscobel Dial. After later working for The Daily Item in Sunbury, Pa., he returned to Wisconsin in 1990 when he joined The Gazette.

‘Storm Lake’ newspaper documentary featured in free film series

Oct. 29, 2021

Indie Lens Pop-Up will on Wednesday, Nov. 10, offer a free online screening of "Storm Lake," a documentary that offers an inside look at The Storm Lake Times, a family-owned weekly newspaper in northwestern Iowa.

The screening will begin at noon, with a panel discussion to follow via Zoom. Panelists include Eric Lohman, a journalism lecturer at UW-Milwaukee with a focus on the political economy of media, and Tara Jones, a digital reporter for the Sheboygan Sun whose background includes experience working for rural newspapers in her home state of Ohio.

Breaking down the advertising sales cycle

Oct. 29, 2021

A sale is just the first step. In his latest “Ad-libs” column, John Foust breaks down the advertising sales cycle from sale to delivery to results to feedback.

Budget picture brightens considerably for Milwaukee County in 2022

Oct. 28, 2021

Last year’s concerns that the COVID-19 pandemic would ravage Milwaukee County finances have been supplanted this year by a dramatically brightened outlook that, at least for the next two or three years, is the strongest the county has seen in decades.