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Milwaukee sheriff defends ad for residents to arm themselves
Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. blazed into national headlines and became a sort of conservative folk hero over his Friday radio ad telling listeners, "Simply calling 911 and waiting is no longer your best option" -- they should consider...
Tags: Murder, Laws, National Rifle Association of America, Criminal Laws, Crime, Law and Justice
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Milwaukee County sheriff: Don't wait for the police; arm yourselves
Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. has a message for residents in his jurisdiction: You can't rely on him anymore. You need to arm yourself. On Friday, the nominally Democratic sheriff issued a recorded public safety announcement on the...
Tags: Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Interior Policy, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, FBI
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Wisconsin governor beats recall: Republican Scott Walker retains office
Wisconsin’s embattled Republican governor, Scott Walker, has defeated an effort by labor unions and Democratic activists to end his tenure early, according to early results and exit polls. The state has been a center of political controversy for...
Tags: Polls, Scott Walker, Government, Career and Workplace, Democratic Party
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Goldberg: The folly of recall elections
It should surprise no one that I'm opposed to the recall of Scott Walker, the Wisconsin governor whose fate will be decided Tuesday. But that's only in part because I support what he's been trying to do in the Badger State. I'm also against recalls as a...
Tags: Scott Walker, Government, Democratic Party, Gray Davis, David Dinkins
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Billionaires buy Wisconsin recall election for Scott Walker
Surrounded by dozens of supporters at an evening campaign rally in Madison on May 30, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, the Democratic candidate for governor in Wisconsin’s tumultuous recall election, had something encouraging to tell the crowd: The fact...
Tags: Scott Walker, Charles Koch, Tea Party Movement, Government, Democratic Party
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel No Quarter column
Milwaukee Journal SentinelIf you thought Summerfest CEO Don Smiley was already being paid like a rock star, wait until you see the latest set of numbers. Officials with Milwaukee World Festival just released data for 2012, and Smiley's total package climbed to $886,185 -- an...Tags: Arts and Culture, Festive Events, Summerfest, Barack Obama, CEO Pay
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Boston police chief says department, mayor's office to review response to marathon bombings
Associated PressLOWELL, Mass. (AP) — Boston's police department and mayor's office will conduct twin reviews of the response to last month's bombing of the Boston Marathon, police commissioner Ed Davis said Saturday. Davis said the aim of the reviews is to learn...Tags: Boston Marathon, Sports, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Thomas Menino, U.S. Department of Justice
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Cost minimized to move utilities for streetcar, Milwaukee city engineer says
Milwaukee Journal SentinelThe city's chief engineer says design consultants have been able to minimize the impact relocating utility lines would have on a proposed Milwaukee streetcar project. In an affidavit filed with the Public Service Commission this week, city engineer Jeff...Tags: Science and Technology
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Milwaukee still slugging away on residency
Milwaukee Journal SentinelWith time running out, Mayor Tom Barrett and city lobbyists continue to work to convince state legislators to leave the city's 75-year-old residency rule alone. After last week's move by the Legislature's Joint Finance Committee to end residency rules...Tags: Scott Walker, Arbitration, Government, Career and Workplace, Politics
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Is the Wisconsin state Legislature at war with Milwaukee?
Milwaukee Journal SentinelEven before such hot topics as residency and a proposed streetcar came before the Republican-dominated Legislature's Joint Finance Committee last week, one City Hall partisan was preparing for the worst. "We're calling it Screw Milwaukee Day," the...Tags: Scott Walker, Miller Park, Justice System, Parties and Movements, Government
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State budget panel OKs residency rule based on distance
Milwaukee Journal SentinelSweeping aside a 75-year-old City of Milwaukee residency ordinance and others like it, Republicans on the Legislature's budget committee voted Thursday to allow police and firefighters to live at least 15 miles outside of any community in the state and...Tags: Scott Walker, State Budgets, Taxation, Government, Career and Workplace
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Lawmakers working on compromise to residency proposal
The Wisconsin State JournalLawmakers were working Wednesday on a compromise deal to Gov. Scott Walker's budget proposal aimed at eliminating any requirements that Wisconsin's municipal workers live in the cities where they work. Local workers would likely be allowed to live...Tags: Scott Walker, Economy, Business and Finance, Alberta Darling, Government, Finance
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