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Read all of our investigative stories on the new museum here. The new Milwaukee "Public" Museum (which won't really be owned by the public) is more than $90 million short of its promised $240 million fundraising goal, according to a new report. The Milwaukee media have functioned as stenographers of museum press releases, periodically announcing new donations to the museum, most recently $1 million from Culvers. However, a CBS 58 story on that donation revealed the museum has only raised nearly $150 million toward the $240 million pricetag of the new museum as of late October 2023 - and groundbreaking was supposed to start in December 2023. The museum's website now says, "A formal groundbreaking ceremony will take place in spring of 2024." It says the museum has raised $148 million. Interestingly, in September, when the museum rolled out another donation - $10 million from the Kellogg Family Foundation - officials said THAT donation brought t...

Republicans at the Wisconsin Capitol say students need free speech protections on University of Wisconsin campuses. The Assembly Committee on Colleges and University held a public hearing on a pair of plans Republicans say will not only make sure the Universities of Wisconsin are respecting the First Amendment but will also open the campus to more students. “The stark difference between Democrats’ confidence level in higher education, which is about 59% positive according to Gallup, and that of Republicans, which is only about 19% positive and Independents confidence which is measured at about 32% positive, is also reflected in the UW Free Speech Survey results shows the lack of intellectual diversity and tolerance for opposing viewpoints on UW campuses is directly affecting enrollment,” Rep. Amanda Nedweski, R-Pleasant Prairie, told lawmakers. She is shepherding one of the two plans, Assembly Bill 553, through the legislature. Nedweski helped write the legislation after the ...

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U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin) has made it clear that she opposes a Wisconsin legislative bill that bans genital and other surgeries on transgender children, including castration and sterilization. Baldwin made her stance clear when she thanked Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers for promising to veto "every single one of them," referring to legislative bills relating to transgender surgeries and transgender participation in girls' and women's sports. "I'll help you stop it," Evers said in the video. Baldwin applauded this. "Trans kids deserve to feel safe and welcome in Wisconsin, not discriminated against. They deserve the freedom to just be kids, play sports, and get the health care they need, all without politicians butting in. Thanks for standing up for LGBTQ+ kids, @GovEvers," she wrote on X. https://twitter.com/SenatorBaldwin/status/1709741694327886253 By "health care," she is referring to genital surgeries, mastec...

The plan to spend $500 million in taxpayer money on the Milwaukee Brewers’ stadium may look different once it gets through the Wisconsin Senate. A Senate panel held a hearing on the stadium funding proposal Wednesday and immediately hit supporters with questions. “It would seem to be rushed,” Sen Julian Bradley, R-Franklin, said at Wednesday’s hearing. “It was intentionally half-baked. And it was just dropped. I don’t think any of us planned to take this up this session.” Bradley said he wants the Brewers to stay in Milwaukee, but he wants to get “the right deal” to make it happen. Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu said before the hearing that there are not enough Republican votes to get the ballpark package through the Senate. “I think, ultimately, people are looking for maybe a little larger contribution from the Brewers and a little less contribution from the state,” LeMahieu said. “I know that the avenue that some of the members have looked for is a ticket tax.” S...

  The U.S. House of Representatives voted Wednesday to elect Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., as speaker of the House, ending more than three weeks without a speaker and a string of chaotic meetings and votes on Capitol Hill. Johnson received multiple standing ovations from his colleagues Wednesday before securing the speakership. The final vote was 220-209, with Democrats supporting Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. “Today is the day that House Republicans will humbly look in our hearts and elect Mike Johnson as speaker of the people’s House,” Conference Chair Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., said in a speech from the House floor ahead of the vote, calling Johnson “a man of deep faith,” and “a deeply respected Constitutional lawyer.” “Mike is strong, tough and fair, and above all, Mike is kind,” Stefanik added. Stefanik announced on Sunday nine candidates that were making a bid to be speaker, but that number was slowly whittled down as lawmakers dropped out. “Today is the day we...

Here’s my response to the War on Israel. Step 1: Open up the oil spigot to reduce the price of oil and crush Iran financially and make oil cheaper for Israel to buy. (War uses a lot of oil, which by the way, also creates a lot of environmental damage - all due to Biden’s foolish Afghan withdraw and his and Obama’s lack of response when Russian grabbed Crimea.) Step 2: Remember that $6 billion Biden gave to Iran? Let’s freeze that and then confiscate it to create a fund that would provide financial relief to all the Jewish families that have been harmed in the War on Israel. Step 3: Supply Israel with all the weapons and ammunition it needs to make this a quick war. Step 4: Show commitment in destroying the enemy, both Hamas and Iran. A lack of commitment will convince Xi in China to attack Taiwan and we don’t want that. Step 5: Cancel Biden’s plan to reduce the special forces by 10 percent. Now is the time when they are most needed. Send in the special forces to rescue Amer...