Set down your shovel and stay a while, gentle reader.
- Mayor Barrett seems more firm than ever on the proposed streetcar project, says the Journal Sentinel. Barrett called the proposal “red meat” for conservative talk radio programs, and said the majority of their listenership lives outside of the city.
- In the St. Louis area, at least 61 were arrested in the protests that followed the announcement that a grand jury decided not to indict officer Darren Wilson in the killing of Michael Brown.
- An additional 70,000 pages of documents relating to the John Doe investigation into Gov. Walker’s county executive days are being released today, says the AP.
- The Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service has a roundup of the reactions from South Side activists to President Obama’s latest announcements on immigration reform.
- The Brewers’ minor league affiliate has a new name and a new logo, both of which leave something to be desired.
