League Op Eds and Press Releases
2019
9/5/2019 - League Statement on Local Transportation Aids Program (PDF) aka Multimodal Local Supplement (MLS) program
5/31/2019 - Another Week, Another Dark Store Defeat (PDF)
5/10/2019 - 212 Projects to Somewhere (PDF)
5/6/2019 - Celebrate Creative Economy Week Throughout Wisconsin May 11-18, 2019 (PDF)
5/3/2019 - Our Shared Constituency: City/Village Leaders JFC Testimony (PDF)
4/30/2019 - Dark Store and Walgreens in Other States (PDF)
4/23/2019 - Another Dark Store Attempt Fails (PDF)
4/9/2019 - Dark Store Road Show Fails in Waukesha County (PDF)
4/2/2019 - The consensus is strong, clear and bipartisan: CLOSE the Dark Store loopholes (PDF)
3/12/2019 - Dark Store Letter to the Editor (PDF)
2/28/2019 - League of Wisconsin Municipalities Statement on the Governor's State Budget (PDF)
2018
12/21/2018 League of Wisconsin Municipalities Praises Choice of Craig Thompson as WisDOT Secretary
12/7/2018 - Recruiting the New Generation of Local Elected Officials: Seven Strategies Laid Out in The Municipality
11/7/2018 A Clear Voter Mandate, A Bipartisan Solution: Close the Dark Store Loopholes (PDF)
With Spreadsheet of the November 6 Dark Store Loopholes Advisory Referendum
11/6/2018 Voters Overwhelmingly Support Referendums to Close the Dark Store Loopholes (PDF)
10/18/2018 Dear Governor Walker & Superintendent Evers: Close the Dark Store Loopholes!
6/06/2018 League Statement in Supreme Court Decision on Voters with Facts vs. City of Eau Claire
5/01/2018 Creative Economy Week Op-Ed
4/12/2018 Maureen Murphy, Administrator for Mount Pleasant, Appointed to League of Wisconsin Municipalities Board
1/25/2018 Brooks, Freitag and Healy Appointed to League of Wisconsin Municipalities Board
2017
12/7/2018 - Recruiting the New Generation of Local Elected Officials: Seven Strategies Laid Out in The Municipality
11/7/2018 A Clear Voter Mandate, A Bipartisan Solution: Close the Dark Store Loopholes (PDF)
With Spreadsheet of the November 6 Dark Store Loopholes Advisory Referendum
11/6/2018 Voters Overwhelmingly Support Referendums to Close the Dark Store Loopholes (PDF)
10/18/2018 Dear Governor Walker & Superintendent Evers: Close the Dark Store Loopholes!
6/06/2018 League Statement in Supreme Court Decision on Voters with Facts vs. City of Eau Claire
5/01/2018 Creative Economy Week Op-Ed
4/12/2018 Maureen Murphy, Administrator for Mount Pleasant, Appointed to League of Wisconsin Municipalities Board
1/25/2018 Brooks, Freitag and Healy Appointed to League of Wisconsin Municipalities Board
12/11/2017 Dark Store Day. A holiday wish for tax fairness
7/20/2017 Local Governments Respond to Removal of Community-Based Decision Making
6/22/2017 "Collision Course in Madison" (Transportation Bonding) By Brian Fraley, President, Edge Messaging, LLC
2016
8/25/2016 League releases First Annual State of Wisconsin Cities and Villages Report
8/17/2016 Milwaukee Alderman Cavalier Johnson appointed to the LWM Board of Directors
5/18/2016 Business groups, municipalities raise concerns over new federal overtime rules
05/09/16 - Jerry Deschane: Wisconsin needs to fix its transportation funding problems
3/16/2016 The 2015-2016 Session Turns Out Well for Municipalities