1. A financing deal for a new Bucks arena isn't imminent, but Gov. Scott Walker suggested this week that the broad parameters of a deal could be done within two weeks -- and that state legislators are mostly focused on getting the city and county to pull their weight. (Milwaukee Business Journal/Rich Kirchen)
"A quarter of a billion dollars is one of the bigger amounts that we've seen between the two owners and former owner Senator Kohl," Walker said. "Certainly I think that that's helped from the very get-go — their willingness to make that kind of sizable contribution.