David Crowley promised Act 10 repeal, a BadgerCare option and universal pre-K in his first 30 days. A shrinking budget balance, a lost federal Medicaid bonus and a one-vote Senate cushion stand in the way.
David Crowley will be Wisconsin's first Black governor, with 18-15 and 53-46 majorities behind him. Bargaining rights, BadgerCare and school money top a long Democratic list, while two new constitutional amendments narrow the field.
Crowley carried Brown County, reportedly the first Democrat to do so since 1982, while Brandy Tollefson flipped the 88th and Green Bay's $158 million referendum passed. Gillett, Pulaski and Seymour voters said no.
In new FOX 11 interviews, Tiffany wants the surplus returned to taxpayers and Crowley wants it in schools. Marquette has the race within the margin of error, with Tiffany up big in the Green Bay market and far ahead on cash.
Tuesday's Common Council agenda includes a new TIF district for 168 downtown homes, a second straight parking rate hike and a federal police grant the Finance Committee deadlocked on.
Mayor Eric Genrich will leave City Hall in April after eight years, leaving former Mayor Jim Schmitt as the only declared candidate and a council president and a state lawmaker in the wings.
Five years after Merge, LLC agreed to build a "transformative" riverfront apartment complex on land the city sold it for a dollar, the company still hasn't poured a foundation
FDR proposed that the original Bill of Rights was inadequate to the pursuit of happiness. Alder Shelton submitted a document committing, as a city, to what we stand for and to be a guiding light.
