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1 week ago | 
wpr.org | Sarah Lehr |Nick Rommel |Anna Marie Yanny
Demonstrators are taking to the streets in cities and towns across Wisconsin for a "No Kings" protest, designed to rebuke what organizers call a "dictator-like" birthday display from President Donald Trump. The protests in Wisconsin mirror similar demonstrations across the country intended as counter-programing to a massive military parade in Washington Saturday night. The parade, which celebrates the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army, coincides with Trump's 79th birthday.
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2 weeks ago | 
wisconsinlife.org | Nick Rommel |Maureen McCollum
It was 1984 — Prince’s “Purple Rain“ was the No. 1 album in America. Bruce Springsteen crisscrossed the country on his “Born in the U.S.A.” tour. Madonna scored her first Top 10 single with “Borderline.”And on the south side of Milwaukee, Frankie Yankovic, “America’s Polka King,” performed at the Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish Festival. In attendance that day was 6-year-old Mike Schneider. His parents planned to drop him off at the festival rides while they enjoyed the polka show.
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Feb 17, 2025 | 
wpr.org | Corrinne Hess |Nick Rommel
Milwaukee Public Schools and the city of Milwaukee will split the costs of putting police officers in schools, ending the ongoing fight over moving the issue forward, a judge ruled Monday. Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge David Borowski ruled both entities have 10 days to have officers in schools or face sanctions and a potential contempt of court ruling.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
wpr.org | Nick Rommel
The federal government is suing two property management companies that operate in Wisconsin for anti-competitive price manipulation. Greystar and Willow Bridge are two of six defendants added last week to a Department of Justice lawsuit first filed in August. At the center of the suit is the software company RealPage. It lets landlords upload detailed data about their rentals, pools that data and uses it to generate "pricing recommendations," according to the DOJ's complaint.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
urbanmilwaukee.com | Nick Rommel
Former Wisconsin congressman Sean Duffy found affirmation from senators of both parties at his Senate committee hearing Wednesday. Duffy represented northern Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District from 2011 to 2019. Now, he is President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of transportation. But his soon-to-be boss barely figured in the proceedings of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
wpr.org | Nick Rommel
Former Wisconsin congressman Sean Duffy found affirmation from senators from both parties at his Senate committee hearing Wednesday. Duffy represented northern Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District from 2011 to 2019. Now, he is President-elect Donald Trump's pick for secretary of transportation. But his soon-to-be boss barely figured in the proceedings of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation.
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Jan 11, 2025 | 
urbanmilwaukee.com | Nick Rommel
Southeast Wisconsin might soon be home to another data center — this time in Port Washington. Cloverleaf Infrastructure, a Houston- and Seattle-based developer, is working with the City of Port Washington to put a data center on over 1,000 acres of farmland north of the city. That land was previously in the sights of a microchip maker, but that project did not move forward. Cloverleaf Chief Development Officer Aaron Bilyeu came to Port Washington Tuesday night to speak to the city’s Common Council.
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Jan 11, 2025 | 
urbanmilwaukee.com | Nick Rommel
A Wisconsin congressman will head the House Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence. Bryan Steil, a Republican representing the 1st Congressional District in southeast Wisconsin, was appointed to the role Thursday. His subcommittee’s jurisdiction includes things like mobile banking and non-fungible tokens, or NFTs. It’ll also be the first stop for legislation on cryptocurrency. Digital currencies have a murky federal regulatory status.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
wpr.org | Nick Rommel
A Wisconsin congressman will head the House Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence. Bryan Steil, a Republican representing the 1st Congressional District in southeast Wisconsin, was appointed to the role Thursday. His subcommittee's jurisdiction includes things like mobile banking and non-fungible tokens, or NFTs. It'll also be the first stop for legislation on cryptocurrency. Digital currencies have a murky federal regulatory status.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
wpr.org | Nick Rommel
Southeast Wisconsin might soon be home to another data center - this time in Port Washington. Cloverleaf Infrastructure, a Houston- and Seattle-based developer, is working with the City of Port Washington to put a data center on over 1,000 acres of farmland north of the city. That land was previously in the sights of a microchip maker, but that project did not move forward. Cloverleaf Chief Development Officer Aaron Bilyeu came to Port Washington Tuesday night to speak to the city's Common Council.
