Dept. of Public Instruction: Releases standardized testing results for 2023-24 school year
MADISON — Standardized assessment results released today by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction show about half of tested students in both public and Private School Choice Programs during the 2023-24 school year are considered proficient in English language arts and
Robert Miranda: FLAC message to President Biden during his Milwaukee visit
Remove the lead pipes in 10 years. Nothing less can be accepted.
Eric Hovde: Affordable Care Act made health care worse. We need to move beyond it.
Affordable Care Act had one worthy provision, which ensures individuals with pre-existing conditions are able to access healthcare, but everything else has made care more expensive and worse.
Tammy Baldwin: We beat Big Pharma, but I’m not done fighting for your health care
Affordable health care can only go so far if it’s not accessible or convenient for our families.
WisDems: Keyboard warrior Derrick Van Orden is the ‘we’re all trying to find the guy who did this’ meme brought to life
MADISON, Wis. — Republican Congressman and keyboard warrior Derrick Van Orden has spent the last week spewingfalseinformation on social media about the recovery from Hurricane Helene, falsely claiming that President Biden and Vice President Harris had not responded to the storm. In
Ruth Conniff: Forget the lies and slander. Wisconsin dairy farmers know they need immigrant workers
Workers from Mexico and other Latin American countries make up an estimated 70% of the labor force on Wisconsin dairy farms.
Mike McCabe: Ballot boobytrap
The next voter suppression frontier is proof of citizenship. Mark my words, if a majority of Wisconsin voters approve the November 5 referendum, legislation will be written soon thereafter requiring citizens to have a valid passport or an original birth certificate before being allowed to register to vote or cast a ballot.
Christina Lieffring: Has Wisconsin learned from the almost-stolen 2020 election?
Activists and voting officials reflect on their tactics, amid a fresh wave of disinformation and tampering.
Cooke campaign: To Derrick Van Orden — Let’s have debates
EAU CLAIRE, Wisc. — Today, Rebecca Cooke issued the following statement regarding debates in Wisconsin’s Third Congressional District: “Representing the people means standing before them and answering questions about your record and what you want to achieve. In elections, it means
Paul Fanlund: My last attempt at framing the presidential election
In the end, this election has nothing to do with Democratic or Republican ideology. The question is whether the nation wants a future that is normal and safe. It’s as simple – and unsettling – as that.
John Nichols: Harris has a lot in common with Lincoln Republicans
Though she may not be so left-wing as the Ripon Republicans of 1854, Harris has views that are reasonably in sync with the first candidate they elected to the presidency.
Gregory Humphrey: This is what Donald Trump has done to our nation
During one of the most trying times for any governor in North Carolina, this weekend Roy Cooper had to take time away from the work he needed to do for storm victims and talk to the press about the lies and “false information” linked to several articles that quoted Trump’s statements about recovery efforts.
Wisconsin Office of Children’s Mental Health: Shares fact sheet about the importance of school nurses
Year after year, Americans rate nursing as the most trusted and ethical profession in the country. In schools, nurses are entrusted with providing health care to their school community and serving as a critical support system for students and staff
Jerry Hanson: This is who Trump is and what he does
Trump may be rich with money but he lacks wealth in things that matter more. His false claims and dark words do not light the path to more goodness, peace and justice in America.
Hovde campaign: New ad — Eric Hovde highlights Sen. Baldwin’s ridiculous lies to distract from her radical record
MADISON — The Eric Hovde for Senate campaign released a new ad highlighting Sen. Baldwin’s desperate lies about Eric Hovde in an effort to distract voters from her record of failure. The ad mocks the ridiculousness of Sen. Baldwin’s lies with fake