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Jingle Bus offers tour of downtown Milwaukee’s sights and holiday lights

Posted by Correspondent | Dec 12, 2018 |

Downtown Milwaukee continues to beam brightly over the holiday season and into the New Year, as more than 500,000 lights and dozens of animated displays remain aglow for the 20th Annual Milwaukee Holiday Lights Festival. Jingle Bus Tour The annual display of lights, coordinated by Milwaukee Downtown BID #21, includes themed installations in three parks, “Community Spirit Park” at Cathedral Square Park, “Candy Cane Cove” at Pere Marquette Park and “Santa’s Lighted Lodge” at Zeidler Union Square. Also featured are street decorations along three thoroughfares, including an 18-block stretch of lights along Wisconsin Avenue. Families can view all the...

MCTS lists Milwaukee’s 12 most festive holiday destinations to visit by bus

Posted by Staff | Dec 10, 2018 |

Few places shine brighter than Milwaukee during the holidays. Whether the public spends time outside in the cold or prefers to stay warm indoors, the city offers plenty of ways to experience the sights and sounds of the season. Following its curated list of Halloween locations to visit by public bus, the Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) recently released a dozen destinations around town for the December holidays. The self-guided bus tour list features some of the most festive holiday displays and activities in Milwaukee County. Using a 24-Hour ticket on the Ride MCTS app, travelers can visit multiple...

Legislators also used lame-duck session to pass tax cut for Wisconsin’s wealthy

Posted by Tamarine Cornelius | Dec 8, 2018 |

Wisconsin lawmakers recently met in a special session to strip powers from the incoming governor, limit voting opportunities, and make it harder for Wisconsin residents to access health care. What has received less attention is that they also hurriedly passed a tax cut that would further tilt Wisconsin’s tax system in favor of the rich, contributing to the increasing concentration of income and wealth in a few hands – hands that are most likely to be white, due to a long history of racial discrimination. The proposed tax cut has its roots in a U.S. Supreme Court decision earlier...

Downtown bus shelters transformed with artwork as beautification project expands

Posted by Staff | Dec 6, 2018 |

The Milwaukee County Transit System’s popular Bus Shelter Art Project expanded to downtown Milwaukee for the first time, thanks to a generous sponsorship from Milwaukee Downtown BID #21. Crews recently finished installing unique designs on MCTS bus shelters at Water & Wisconsin and Water & Mason. The installations were funded by a $1,000 donation from Milwaukee Downtown BID #21, which was matched by The Bus Art Project MKE. “MCTS gives more than 15 million rides per year in the greater downtown area alone,” said Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele. “As a longtime supporter of the arts, I couldn’t be...

Wisconsin legislators follow national trend to discard democracy for one-party rule

Posted by Jon Peacock | Dec 5, 2018 |

“This isn’t a bill. This is a coup.” – Randy Bryce (a.k.a. the “Iron Stache”) The rushed enactment of bills being considered in the Wisconsin Legislature on Tuesday would leave a dark and long-lasting stain on our state’s reputation for being a home of good government, clean politics and thoughtful policymaking. Enacting the proposed bills would be the first time in Wisconsin’s 160-year history that a lame duck session was ever used to sharply reduce the power of a newly-elected Governor and a newly elected Attorney General. And it would make Wisconsin one of just a small number of...

All options being considered if GOP lawmakers push to limit in-coming Governor’s powers

Posted by Guest | Dec 4, 2018 |

Governor-elect Tony Evers says his team is considering “all options” if Republicans use the lame-duck legislation to limit the powers of his office and incoming Attorney General Josh Kaul become law. Evers said he is calling on the public to reach out to their lawmakers to encourage them to vote against the legislation, which seeks to protect changes Republicans have made to state government over the past eight years. “We are looking at all options,” Evers said at a Milwaukee press conference Sunday. “Obviously litigation is one of them, but there are maybe other options for us.” Among other...