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The Seattle City Council is learning a very hard lesson about how free market economics works. Seattle is one of those cities that instituted a $15 an hour minimum wage based on the argument that it w...

There were no doubt plenty of guys ready to plunk down bets on last night’s Golden State-Houston NBA playoff game or the Brewers-Diamondbacks game after hearing that the US Supreme Court had str...

As the US news networks gear up for a week of breathless Royal Wedding coverage–with continuous updates on the status of the dress, the guest list, the cake and what unnamed sources inside the c...

As someone who assists in the stewardship of public resources by keeping an eye on how government entities function, there is a certain sense of satisfaction in seeing two former administrators at UW-...

It turns out the city of Oshkosh is not the only one in Wisconsin dealing with being the “Too Many Events City”. An article in yesterday’s edition of the Capital Times details how th...

The police and fire scanner in our Newsroom is an integral tool for the job we do–allowing us to monitor emergency situations throughout the listening area. Owning a scanner used to be a rarity....

I would like to credit the Canadian people for their thoughtful and measured response to yesterday’s mass killing in downtown Toronto. Ten people died, another fifteen people were injured in thi...

At first, I thought it was some kind of a joke. LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers showed up for game three of their playoff series with the Indiana Pacers in Indianapolis Friday night with iden...

“History” was made yesterday as Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth brought her ten-day old infant daughter to the floor of the Senate to cast a vote. Senate rules had to be amended for the o...

For years now we’ve been telling you about the strain being “Wisconsin’s Event City” has been putting on the city of Oshkosh. Huge amounts of overtime for police and fire perso...