Milwaukee Buzz - May 1, 2009
First State, then Kilbourn, next Clybourn
The City of Milwaukee has announced permanent repairs to the Clybourn Street bridge in Downtown Milwaukee will take place this fall, once the contractor has been selected.
Tags: Clybourn, State, Kilbourn, bridge repair, City of Milwaukee, Public Works, stimulus, funding, development

Music - April 20, 2009
"How to Rob a Bank," an economic anthem from Willy Porter
Milwaukee's own Willy Porter, who has remained happily under the mainstream music radar for much of his 20-year career, might just have a big, stimulus-style hit on his hands.
Tags: How to Rob a Bank, Willy Porter, John Rich, Shutting Detroit Down, stimulus, financial crisis, anthem, weasel records

Politics - March 13, 2009
Walker was blindsided by Barrett's 'end-around'
Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker said he was caught by surprise this morning by Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett's announcement that the federal Omnibus Budget bill includes a provision to spend $91.5 million in long unused federal funds for mass transportation in Milwaukee.
Tags: connector, transit, rail, scott walker, tom barrett, 91 million, stimulus, trolley, high speed, rapid transit, bus, mcts, curley, welke group, dean amhaus, spirit of milwaukee, dave fantle, super steel corp., Jim Schmelzer

Dining - March 5, 2009
Your duty is to dine out more often
I was inspired by the release of the new Downtown Dining Week information, so I'm calling for you to dine out more often. Get out this week and support your favorite restaurant.
Tags: Downtown Dining Week, dine out, Milwaukee, restaurant week, stimulus, economy, brown bag, local restaurants

Marketplace - Jan. 22, 2009
Top Milwaukee executives expect Obama's stimulus plan to work
The Obama economic stimulus plan will help revive the economy, but improvements are not likely to begin occurring until late in 2009 or 2010.
Tags: obama, stimulus, nml, johnson controls, gmc, manpower

Politics - Feb. 11, 2009
Liberals in Denial
Liberals, it seems, anointed their saviour too early.  What's more interesting is that, by and large, they refuse to admit it.  I mean, c'mon, even the media, THE MEDIA, have turned on Barack a little.Ignore for a moment his terrible cabinet appointments, his apparent lack of any foreig...
Tags: Obama, Stimulus