Mayor Tom Barrett is making the case that voters should re-elect him on April 1 because he has added 10,000 jobs to the city while helping to reduce crime and the tax burden on homeowners.

Wink wink, nod nod. There was a convenient understanding between a few rogue cops in the Milwaukee Police Department (MPD) and state Republicans who continue to push unnecessary legislation. The agreement worked something like this:

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WHILE OVERTLY RACIST LAWS ARE A THING OF THE PAST, SUBTLE LEGAL RACISM IS ALIVE AND WELL. IT IS IN MANY WAYS FAR MORE INSIDIOUS AND MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO FIGHT.

We were all sad to learn of the death of former Gov. Lee Sherman Dreyfus. Lee was a personal friend of mine for the past 36 years.