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PFAS: The Forever Debate

Feb 10, 2025 | wisbizgreen.substack.com | Gregg Hoffmann |WisBusiness Green

WisBiz Green BlogPFAS: The Forever DebateBy Gregg HoffmannPFAS are known as the “forever chemicals”. In Wisconsin, they could also be termed the “forever debate.”Gov. Evers and state legislatures debated them again last week, when the governor announced new comprehensive plans from his upcoming 2025-27 Executive Budget to combat per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination statewide.
St. Peter Shipwreck off the Ozaukee County shore joins National Register

Jan 16, 2025 | onmilwaukee.com | Bobby Tanzilo |Gregg Hoffmann

The wreck of the schooner St. Peter in Lake Michigan off the shore of Ozaukee County near Port Washington was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Dec. 19, 2024, the Wisconsin Historical Society has announced. The Chicago-based schooner – built by master builder Peter Perry in New Baltimore, Michigan in 1868 – ran grain, lumber and other bulk cargo until it wrecked on May 6, 1874.
Franksville Beer Garden team plans Belle City Square taproom in Racine

Oct 24, 2024 | onmilwaukee.com | Bobby Tanzilo |Doug Hissom |Gregg Hoffmann

The owners of the Franksville Craft Beer Garden have signed a letter of intent to open a taproom at the Belle City Square development in the old Horlick Malted Milk plant in Racine. The plan is for Hop Heads Hospitality & Events – owned by Ken and Molly Michel – to open a nearly 18,000-square-foot taproom, beer garden and 300-person events venue in the complex's 1911 Factory 3 building.
Biden in Westby touts $7.3B in federal grants to boost clean energy in rural communities

Sep 5, 2024 | wispolitics.com | Gregg Hoffmann

By Gregg HoffmannFor WisPoliticsWESTBY – Economic development and clean energy were the focus of President Joe Biden’s visit to the Vernon Electric Cooperative in this western Wisconsin community of 2,370. Biden announced $7.3 billion for 16 cooperatives in the country that provide electric and clean energy alternatives in rural areas and small towns. The first co-op to be chosen was Dairyland Power Cooperative in La Crosse. The cooperative in Westby is a member coop of Dairyland.
Party activists serving as Wisconsin delegates to Democratic National Convention enthusiastic about Harris-Walz ticket

Aug 18, 2024 | wispolitics.com | Gregg Hoffmann |David Wise

By Gregg HoffmannFor WisPoliticsWhen Joe Biden left the Democratic top of the ticket and endorsed his vice president, the move sparked praise for Biden’s move and a surge of enthusiasm and money for Harris. Party activists serving as delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago WisPolitics interviewed share that enthusiasm. “President Joe Biden is an excellent president, and I knew he would do the right thing for the country,” said Deb Dassow, a delegate from Ozaukee County.
Wisconsin RNC delegation features big names, first timers

Jul 12, 2024 | wispolitics.com | Gregg Hoffmann |David Wise

By Gregg Hoffmann, for WisPoliticsThe Wisconsin delegation to the Republican National Convention features two former governors, Tommy Thompson and Scott Walker, and the 2022 GOP candidate for governor, Tim Michels. It also includes a lot of party activists who have little name recognition.
Frank Lloyd Wright's Bogk House is for sale on Milwaukee's East Side

Sep 26, 2023 | onmilwaukee.com | Bobby Tanzilo |Gregg Hoffmann

For just the second time in its 107-year lifespan, the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Frederick Bogk House, 2420 N. Terrace Ave., on Milwaukee’s East Side is for sale. The house is listed with Christie’s International Real Estate for $1.5 million. The home was built in 1916 for politician and businessman Frederick Bogk. In recent months, passersby could see work being done on the house and grounds, which now seems as if it may have been in preparation for the listing.
Milwaukee, Chicago have long history of political debates

Aug 16, 2023 | wispolitics.com | Gregg Hoffmann |David Wise

By Gregg HoffmannFor WisPolitics.comThe Aug. 23 GOP presidential debate is a big event, but it is not the first such debate in Wisconsin. Illinois also has a history of hosting such events. Here’s a rundown of major debates:–A Democratic presidential debate was held in Milwaukee on Feb. 15, 2004.
Socialism had a big influence on Milwaukee politics

Jul 27, 2023 | wispolitics.com | Gregg Hoffmann |David Wise

By Gregg HoffmannFor WisPolitics.comNational Republicans will gather in Milwaukee in the summer of 2024 to nominate a presidential candidate. But to some history buffs, the city’s history belongs to socialists, not Republicans. Milwaukee, officially the host city of the pandemic-curtailed DNC Convention in 2020, has a deep history of socialism in its politics.
Ripon’s schoolhouse worth a side trip

Jul 27, 2023 | wispolitics.com | Gregg Hoffmann |David Wise

By Gregg HoffmannFor WisPolitics.comRIPON – The focus in the summer of 2024 will be on Milwaukee and Chicago, and the I-94 freeway between them that will become the Convention Corridor. Anybody interested in political history, however, should take a side trip 70 miles northwest of Milwaukee to Ripon. In Ripon you can find the Little White Schoolhouse, where the first discussion was held that led to the formation of the Republican Party.