Milwaukee Gaze

Three new episodes of the British comedy series “Absolutely Fabulous” are on their way to the small screen, according to the show’s producers.

The sitcom, which initially ran from 1992 to 1995 and then again from 2001 to 2003, was a global hit with the gay community. Its main characters – middle-aged BFFs Patsy, a fashion magazine editor, and Edina, a publicist – have provided two decades of camp fodder. Their drugged befuddlement and off-beat adventures were complemented with catty dialogue.

Milwaukee County supervisors have launched a renewed push to extend health insurance benefits to the same-sex partners of county workers.

Seven supervisors, joined by representatives from public, private and religious groups, formally announced the effort at Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center on July 7. They described the issue as one of smart business and basic fairness.

A chronology for a man usually begins with his birth, sometimes even with the birth of his parents.

Not so for Jeffrey Dahmer, the man so often likened to a monster, who was arrested by the Milwaukee Police Department 20 years ago this month. He was subsequently convicted of 16 murders. Dahmer was a serial killer, a rapist, a cannibal, a necrophiliac. This chronology begins with his crimes and ends with his death.

Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele said he will enact an ordinance extending health benefits to the same-sex partners of county workers. Former County Executive Scott Walker vetoed a related measure in 2009.

“To continue offering one category of employees fewer benefits than others is unfair and makes it more difficult to attract the best possible job candidates,” Abele said in a statement. “I will work with the county board for passage of a sensible domestic-partner benefits ordinance, and I will sign it.”