Politics - Sept. 14, 2007
Fighting the war on drugs through parking tickets
Milwaukee Police Chief Nan Hegerty continues the tradition of using federal money coming from drug bust seizures to fund pet projects for the department. The money comes from assets seized from drug dealers and is mandated to go for efforts to reduce drug use.
Tags: MPD, Hegarty, war on drugs, horse patrol, mmsd, Lazich, PIC, Private Industry Council, Red Dot, Great Lakes Water Resources Compact

Politics - July 16, 2007
Source: offer accepted for the Cousins Center
The Milwaukee Catholic Archdiocese has accepted an offer to sell the Cousins Center to commercial interests who will look first at commercial development of the sprawling complex of buildings and land.
Tags: cousins center, Wisconsin Eye, Jim Ott, Jon Richards, Republicans, Democrats, Legislature, PIC, Randall, Hixson

Politics - June 29, 2007
Hospitals pony up nothing for tax-tight budgets
As the building boom for the non-profit hospital industry continues, the bottom line is that those buildings do not equal more property taxes for municipal coffers.
Tags: Aurora, Hospital, tax, Columbia-St. Mary, Dawn Marie Sass, PIC, Gerard Randall

Politics - June 27, 2007
City officials aim to banish sex offenders
It would be virtually impossible for registered sex offenders to live in the City of Milwaukee under a plan by two aldermen to restrict where the offenders can live.
Tags: Bohl, sex offenders, Zielinski, PIC, Clara Mohammed School, tax lien, Zigman

Politics - June 8, 2007
Milwaukee breathes bad air
The American Lung Association doesn’t think the air is easy to breathe in these parts. According to the latest “State of the Air” report, the Milwaukee area has the 17th dirtiest air in the country.
Tags: McGee, lung association, pollution, Fred Gordon, Sheldon Wasserman, WHP, Jon Richards, PIC