Rep. Vining: Cheers for exciting public education news

MADISON–Wisconsin State Superintendent of Schools Dr. Jill Underly announced her 2025-27 budget initiatives today, including the desperately needed 90% reimbursement rate for special education. Representative Robyn Vining (D-Wauwatosa), author of the Save Our Schools bill this legislative session, issued the following statement in response: 

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Zoe Roberts: Loss will make Democratic Party stronger

Democrats, like myself, need to understand that running campaigns around large existential issues is a losing formula and that it doesn’t take the place of having real-life policy solutions to the problems everyday Americans face. Nor does running a campaign around the theme, “I’m not Donald Trump.”

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Dave Cielewicz: The chasm

It’s okay, even necessary, for a political party to do some soul-searching when it loses as badly as my party did last Tuesday. But let’s make a distinction between sober reflection and finger-pointing.

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Common Ground Wisconsin: A win for HACM residents and Common Ground: Three new reform-minded HACM Board Nominees approved by committee

Common Ground and resident leaders from Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee (HACM) properties, who are engaged in an on-going multi-year campaign to reform HACM, achieved a significant victory today when the Common Council’s Steering and Rules Committee unanimously approved three nominees for the HACM Board of Commissioners: Westlawn

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Rep. Stubbs: Applauds Department of Public Instruction State Superintendent Dr. Jill Underly’s budget initiatives

MADISON, WI – Today, Wisconsin State Superintendent for the Department of Public Instruction Dr. Jill Underly held a press conference at Conrad Elvehjem School in McFarland, in which she enumerated several of her initiatives for the 2025-2027 budget, including increasing the rate of special education reimbursement and expanding per-pupil adjustments

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Dept. of Transportation, local officials: Celebrate completion of the WIS 130-Lone Rock bridges crossing the Wisconsin River

Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) Secretary Kristina Boardman today joined federal and local officials, and industry partners to celebrate completion of the WIS 130-Lone Rock bridge project across the Wisconsin River. The bridges link three counties – Iowa, Richland and Sauk – as a key piece of infrastructure to the local economy.

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Rep. Vining: Cheers for exciting public education news

MADISON–Wisconsin State Superintendent of Schools Dr. Jill Underly announced her 2025-27 budget initiatives today, including the desperately needed 90% reimbursement rate for special education. Representative Robyn Vining (D-Wauwatosa), author of the Save Our Schools bill this legislative session, issued the following statement in response:  “For the love of Wisconsin kids… Please log in to

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Wisconsin Right to Life: Supreme Court hears oral arguments on the enforcement of s.940.04

Oral arguments were heard today on the enforcement of Wisconsin’s original pro-life law, s.940.04. A lawsuit was filed by Attorney General Josh Kaul in June 2022 following the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Kaul argued that the 1985 law that mentions prohibiting post-viability abortions replaces s.940.04.  During the oral arguments, attorneys representing Attor… Please log in to

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Sen. Roys: Dr. Underly proposes responsible budget putting kids first

McFARLAND — State Superintendent Dr. Jill Underly announced Monday that the Department of Public Instruction will be increasing special education reimbursement and restoring revenue limit indexing to inflation for the first time since 2009-10. More from Dr. Underly’s announcement can be found by clicking on this link.  In response to Monday’s

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Dept. of Public Instruction: State superintendent proposes an additional $3 billion in new investments to support Wisconsin public schools

Dr. Jill Underly’s budget proposal increases special education reimbursement to 90%; total of new proposed spending on K-12 schools more than $4 billion as communities demand more state support MCFARLAND — As Wisconsin public schools face severe financial constraints brought on by over a decade of underfunding from the state,

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Dept. of Corrections: Students recognized for academic achievement

34 individuals studying while incarcerated join Phi Theta Kappa MADISON, Wis. – Madison College and the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC) celebrated the academic achievements of 34 persons in our care from six institutions during a virtual ceremony today inducting the students into Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) International Honor Society. “Rehabilitation

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Stark Company Realtors CEO weighs in on housing market trends

The head of Madison-based Stark Company Realtors says recent trends suggest the upward pressure on home prices “seems to be easing” despite ongoing inventory shortages.  In a recent newsletter focused on south- central Wisconsin’s real estate market in the third quarter, Stark Company Realtors CEO David Stark noted homes have

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Zoe Roberts: Loss will make Democratic Party stronger

Democrats, like myself, need to understand that running campaigns around large existential issues is a losing formula and that it doesn’t take the place of having real-life policy solutions to the problems everyday Americans face. Nor does running a campaign around the theme, “I’m not Donald Trump.”

Read More »

Dave Cielewicz: The chasm

It’s okay, even necessary, for a political party to do some soul-searching when it loses as badly as my party did last Tuesday. But let’s make a distinction between sober reflection and finger-pointing.

Read More »