UW–Milwaukee: Professor honored with government’s highest award for early career scientists and engineers
MILWAUKEE_Brooke Slavens, Richard and Joanne Grigg Professor of Mechanical Engineering at UWM, was recently awarded the prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. The award is highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and engineers early
Steven Walters: What to do with Wisconsin’s $4.3 billion surplus?
New estimate renews GOP tax cut pledge.
Bill Barth: How cost is used to deny access to records
Officials at all levels of government are well aware that prohibitive costs can lead to would-be records requesters relinquishing their rights rather than risking high legal fees.
Wyatt Eichholz: Wisconsin student enrollment and teacher staffing trends
Wisconsin’s public schools are losing students faster than districts are downsizing their staff, analysis of data from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction shows.
Michelle Bryant: The urgency of educational leadership
Why the DPI superintendent race matters for Black students in Wisconsin
Dave Cieslewicz: More like Hagedorn, please
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has only one truly principled justice: conservative Brian Hagedorn. Last week Hagedorn recused himself from a case involving Act 10, much to the chagrin of Republicans who were counting on him to be a vote to uphold the law which restricts public employee bargaining rights.
Gregg Hoffmann: AI an energy hog
The AI hog is pigging out already and will be eating up even more energy soon.
John Torinus: Let’s cut grand deal for AI energy
Before the people of Wisconsin and local leaders green light all the data center expansions, they need to require a deal with the data and energy powerhouses to provide the power with alternative sources of energy.
Scott Niederjohn: Don’t blame Milwaukee landlords for sky-high rent prices
Federal spending has fueled inflation, while zoning laws, excessive building regulations, and a failure to streamline the permitting process have all conspired to choke housing construction.
Tammy Baldwin: RFK Jr. is bad for our health
Kennedy is one of the top spreaders of misinformation about vaccines, peddling bogus conspiracy theories that these safe and effective protections for Americans are harmful. He said that “no vaccine is safe and effective.”
John Nichols: One Republican, at least, calls out Trump’s colonialism
Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski is absolutely and unequivocally refusing to go along with Donald Trump’s increasingly aggressive maneuvering to make Greenland a part of the United States.
TUE News Summary: Evers promises to veto GOP bill that would cut state funds to counties that don’t comply with federal immigration operations
TOP STORIES Evers vows to veto GOP bill cutting funds to counties that don’t help ICE operations… Under a bill being drafted by Republican lawmakers, county sheriffs would be required to comply with federal immigration detainers and warrants … only
President Trump: Appoints the members of his Council of Economic Advisers
President Trump appointed the Members of his Council of Economic Advisers. The Members will work with CEA Chairman, Stephen Miran, as well as the rest of the President’s economics team to deliver the President’s new Golden Age of economic prosperity
Dept. of Natural Resources: Learn about ecology and management of Spread Eagle Barrens state natural area on Feb. 18
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) invites the public to join DNR staff on Tuesday, Feb. 18, at the Wild Rivers Interpretive Center in Florence, Wisconsin, to learn about the history, ecology and current planning and management
Evers announces water quality plan, including $145M to combat PFAS
Gov. Tony Evers today announced new plans to improve water quality in his upcoming state budget, including more than $145 million to address PFAS contamination.