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New polling helps explain why very few Republican lawmakers have been celebrating publicly after a federal judge issued an opinion on December 14, declaring that all of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is unconstitutional. The latest polling results from the Kaiser Family Foundation show that many parts of the health care law enjoy very strong support among both Democrats and Republicans. If the ruling of the conservative federal judge is not overturned by higher courts, it will mean that all of the ACA has essentially been repealed without a replacement plan. That would cause turmoil in the health care...

Former Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker released statements recently about his plans after leaving office, one of which would be to move from the governor’s mansion in Madison to downtown Milwaukee. When Walker was first elected in 2010 he opted to remain living in his Wauwatosa home, while his two sons finished school. In 2016, he moved to the governor’s mansion located along the shores of Lake Mendota. He and his wife, Tonette, are currently looking for a downtown Milwaukee condo. The irony, as noted across social media, was that Walker made Milwaukee his political punching bag, repeatedly denigrating the...

By Edgar Mendez • Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service Arthur Schmitz, a 95-year-old author and veteran of World War II, is filled with fond recollections of Villard Avenue in the 1920s and 1930s. “I basically lived at the Ritz theatre and Shorty’s restaurant got their share of my money,” said a smiling Schmitz, who grew up near Villard Avenue in North Milwaukee before the street and surrounding area were consolidated into the City of Milwaukee in 1929. He lived in the neighborhood until the 1940s, when he left for the war, and though some things had changed on Villard Avenue...