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The Milwaukee Bucks earned their 41st victory of the season on Tuesday night, rolling past the Los Angeles Clippers 107-89 at the Bradley Center.
Brandon Jennings scored 17 points and center Andrew Bogut added 14 points and 9 rebounds as the Bucks guaranteed they’ll finish at or above .500 for the first time in six seasons. Bogut said he’s happy with their season, but knows there’s still a lot more to do.
The Milwaukee Brewers placed veteran right handed pitcher Jeff Suppan on the 15-day disabled list with neck pain retroactive to March 26.
Suppan went 7-12 with a 5.29 ERA for the Brewers in 2009. He was in the mix for the fifth starting spot in the rotation or would be considered for long relief. He’s 1-1 with a 7.71 ERA in five appearances over 16 1/3 innings this spring.
Brewers tie Angels
Chris Narveson worked three scoreless innings, running his string to 12 consecutive innings. Narveson was followed by Manny Parra, who worked two scoreless innings and allowed just 1-hit as the Brewers and Angels played to a 1-1 tie in Tempe. The Brewers face the Cubs in Cactus League action today.
(UPI Photo / Bill Greenblatt)
Governor Doyle is responding to critics who say he’s to blame for the closure of a crumbling bridge that carries traffic through Milwaukee’s Zoo Interchange. Doyle said the funding he opposed had nothing to do with the condition of the road. He said the decision to begin work rebuilding the Zoo Interchange in 2016 was made before he became governor in 2003.
Around a hundred Milwaukee residents, including local government officials, gathered for class on raising backyard chickens, which is currently illegal in the city. At the Monday night gathering, a petition circulated to lobby for an ordinance allowing the birds. Hard-boiled opponents of such proposals claim the birds would be a noise disturbance.
Governor Jim Doyle says Wisconsin’s second application for Race to the Top education funding will need some improvements.
A score sheet released by the US Department of Education this week put Wisconsin in the bottom half of states that applied for the first round of funding under the federal program. Governor Jim Doyle says he found some of the factors used to score the applications a “little unusual.” [Read more...]
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