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  • Lawmaker says Wisconsin tax cut could be expanded

    Gov. Scott Walker's proposed income tax cut, K-12 education and the transportation budget could all see a boost from $500 million in new projected revenue, Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said Sunday ...

  • Former MSOE students Miller Park from Legos at national exhibit

    LOUSIVLLE, Ky. - A student from the Milwaukee School of Engineering has shown his skill in rebuilding Miller Park with a retractable roof. From Legos. No, it's not a full-sized version, but the Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory is showcasing the miniature verson at its museum in Kentucky. Former grad student Tim Kaebisch created the baseball ...

  • Scott Walker reappoints Stephen Marcus to Wisconsin Center District Board

    Gov. Scott Walker has reappointed Stephen Marcus, chairman of the board of the Marcus Corp., to the Wisconsin Center District board. Walker ...

  • Motorcycle Group Holds Power in Wisconsin Helmet Debate

    Wisconsin is coming off its deadliest year for motorcyclists in a generation, but lawmakers are considering no new helmet laws. Three in four of those riders who were killed did not wear a helmet. But Wisconsin hasn't required adult motorcyclists to wear a helmet in decades, thanks in large part to the robust lobby of ABATE of Wisconsin, according to Gannett Wisconsin Media. The group ...

  • Innovation in Milwaukee receives $350000 art grant

    A $350,000 grant will be used to implement a series of art pieces to drive foot traffic and connect neighborhoods, including on West Wisconsin Avenue in downtown Milwaukee. The Greater Milwaukee Committees Innovation in Milwaukee, or MiKE, initiative has received a $350,000 grant from ArtPlace America, according to an announcement Monday. The grant will fund establishing the 'Creational ...

Movie Review

The Devil's Own

For a film headed by Harrison Ford and Brad Pitt about such highly charged subject matter as the IRA and the deception of a father-figure by his adopted son, "The Devil's Own" is awfully dull. While it was in production, there were rampant rumors of ego wars between the two stars and endless script revisions, so severe that Pitt wanted to walk out because the working script bore little resemblance ... ...

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  • Vikings exec trash talks Packers fans after sandcrawler stadium comments

    Vikings vice president Lester Bagley told KARE-TV in Minneapolis , "we'll take them down," when the teams meet in 2016 inside the new state-of-the-art, nearly $1 billion stadium. "Our very first regular season game will likely be against the Green Bay Packers. It will be good to see Adrian Peterson break loose, score the first touchdown in the new stadium and run over Clay ...

  • Two hospitalized after three-vehicle crash in Ozaukee County

    GRAFTON - Two people have been taken to a hospital after a three-vehicle crash in Grafton Monday morning. According to a TODAY'S TMJ4 photojournalist who went to the scene, the crash happened on Horns Corners Road before 9:00 a.m. Monday. The photojournalist says a Honda Accord was going south on Horns Corners road when it went through a stop sign. He says the Honda t-boned an SUV, which ...

  • Tornadoes wallop several states 2 killed

    The death toll now stands at two after tornadoes swept through Oklahoma on Sunday, the state medical examiner's office said Monday. Both victims were elderly men from ...

  • Wisconsin home sales rose 9.2 in April prices up 7.8

    The median price of homes sold in Wisconsin increased 7.8% in April as sales rose for the 22nd consecutive month, a report released Monday shows. There were 5,863 existing homes sold in the state last month, up 9.2% from 5,367 in April 2012, the Wisconsin Realtors Association said. The median price of homes sold in April was $138,000, compared with $128,000 a year earlier. Through the first ...

  • Froedtert Medical College hire Archabal to lead development

    Alice Archabal The Medical College of Wisconsin and Froedtert Health quietly combined their fundraising functions in 2012 and now they have jointly hired Alice Archaabal as chief development officer and vice president of development. Archabal is senior vice president and chief operating officer for Ann and Robert H. Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago Foundation. She will assume her new position ...

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