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Proposed Mortgage Solution May Not Help Everyonenew
The five-year freeze on mortgage interest rates proposed by President George W. Bush last week is projected by most housing experts to assist only about 20 percent of those facing foreclosure -- those who have managed to keep up with their increasingly expensive mortgage payments.
Shepherd Express |
Dennis A. Shook |
12-14-2007 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
Renters are Latest Victims of Subprime Mortgagesnew
Rent hikes and foreclosures lead to evictions.
Shepherd Express |
Dennis A. Shook |
11-30-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Mortgage 'Rescuers' Are Often Scammersnew
A new bill in Wisconsin would crack down on fraudulent helpers.
Shepherd Express |
Dennis A. Shook |
10-23-2007 |
Economy
Is Wisconsin's 'Welfare to Work' Program Working?new
Ten years later, Wisconsin Works still has many flaws.
Shepherd Express |
Dennis A. Shook |
10-12-2007 |
Policy Issues
Public Campaign Funding Could Clean Up Wisconsinnew
State leaders could study publicly financed campaigns in Arizona and Maine -- or they could wait for a scandal that forces a wholesale reform of the system.
Shepherd Express |
Dennis A. Shook |
09-28-2007 |
Commentary
No-Match Letters Already Affecting Workersnew
One fired employee shares her story.
Shepherd Express |
Dennis A. Shook |
09-24-2007 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
John Norquist on Urban Living, Sprawl & Transitnew
Norquist took the skills he learned as Milwaukee mayor from 1988 to 2003 and uses them to provide a model for other cities in his role as president of the Congress for the New Urbanism, based in Chicago.
Shepherd Express |
Dennis A. Shook |
09-14-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Milwaukee Tries to Lure Filmmakers with New Tax Creditnew
Filmmakers are already filming a pilot that would make the city a TV setting for the first time since the Laverne & Shirley and Happy Days nostalgia series of the 1970s.
Shepherd Express |
Dennis A. Shook |
09-10-2007 |
Movies
Are Americans Becoming More Liberal?new
A recent Pew study shows that more people now identify themselves with liberal issues and the Democratic Party than conservative issues and the Republican Party.
Shepherd Express |
Dennis A. Shook |
08-31-2007 |
Politics
Is a Commuter Rail System in Milwaukee's Future?new
Regional plan envisions bus and light rail combination.
Shepherd Express |
Dennis A. Shook |
08-20-2007 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
Getting Punished for Earning Morenew
Tax and benefit policies make climbing out of poverty difficult.
Shepherd Express |
Dennis A. Shook |
08-13-2007 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
Wisconsin Seeks Pollution Breaks for Businessesnew
Environmentalists worry about health implications.
Shepherd Express |
Dennis A. Shook |
06-25-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Fuel of the Future?new
Divided opinions mark battle over ethanol usage.
Shepherd Express |
Dennis A. Shook |
06-01-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Is Wisconsin Close to Fixing Health Care Woes?new
Gov. Jim Doyle and state legislators are putting forward competing proposals to increase access to health care and bring down its cost.
Shepherd Express |
Dennis A. Shook |
05-21-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Madison Plans To Challenge FCC Rulingnew
But guess who might end up losing in the deal?
Shepherd Express |
Dennis A. Shook |
05-11-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
