Steven Walters: Restructuring plan for Wisconsin prisons rejected
With Gov. Tony Evers on his way out, the landscape for prison reform in the state has changed.
Daniel Buck & Will Flanders: How conservatives can win over teachers
Separating them from their unions will require smart politics.
Christian Schneider: American universities are schooling China on authoritarian tactics
The attempt to limit speech through peer pressure risks turning campuses into surveillance states.
Bruce Murphy: Vivent Health rakes in donations, pays big salaries
United Way-funded nonprofit pays $8 million over 4 years to top employees.
Gregory Humphrey: Great Wisconsin Quilt Show and Trump’s tariffs
In conversations with vendors from Arizona to Iowa to Virginia, a continuous theme emerged and was expressed by those displaying their goods and promoting their services. Donald Trump’s tariffs are hurting their businesses.
Dave Zweifel: In Trump’s America, criminals walk, civil servants get fired
The rioters who ransacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, beat and killed law enforcement officers and stunned the world are free and unpunished. But the Justice Department lawyers and federal investigators who sought to make them pay for their crimes have lost their livelihoods, and several are having to hire lawyers to fight charges themselves.
Badger Institute: Evers’ rejection of private scholarship tax credit for children’s education baffling, says Badger Institute expert
MILWAUKEE — Gov. Tony Evers’ refusal to let Wisconsinites donate to public and private schools by using a federal tax credit is baffling, a Badger Institute’s education policy expert said Tuesday.Evers told a reporter Tuesday that he would not allow
Rep. Brill: Named Chair of Protecting Kids Task Force
Madison – Today, Representative Lindee Brill (R-Sheboygan Falls) was announced as Chair of theSpeaker’s Task Force on Protecting Kids, one of four Speaker’s Task Forces charged with addressing various policy areas across the State of Wisconsin. The Speaker’s Task Force
Rep. O’Connor: “Year of the Kid” only when politically convenient for Evers
Fond du Lac, WI—Representative Jerry O’Connor (R-Fond du Lac) released the following statement regarding Governor Evers’ comments on refusing to opt into the Federal program which provides Federal tax credits for donations to Educational Scholarships: “Opting into this new Federal
Assembly GOP education package includes state standards for local student discipline
An education package from Assembly Republicans would set new state standards for student discipline in local districts, seek to boost math scores and encourage districts to consolidate to save costs amid declining enrollment.
Dept. of Public Instruction: State Superintendent Dr. Underly condemns sudden termination of federal funding for deafblind and special education programs
MADISON — State Superintendent Dr. Jill Underly today sharply criticized the U.S. Department of Education for its abrupt decision to terminate two vital federal grants supporting Wisconsin’s most vulnerable students — children and youth with combined vision and hearing loss, and those receiving special education services. Late
Wisconsin Tech Council: To hold forum for announced candidates for governor Nov. 6 at Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium
MADISON, Wis. – A forum focusing on economic and technology development issues and featuring the announced major-party candidates for Wisconsin governor will be held Thursday, Nov. 6, during the Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium in Madison. Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez, New Berlin
UW-Stout: Stands out among peers as enrollment grows in all categories for 2025-26 academic year
Menomonie, Wis. – University of Wisconsin-Stout already stands out among its peers as Wisconsin’s only Polytechnic University. This fall, it also stands apart as the only one of the Universities of Wisconsin to demonstrate growth in all major enrollment categories,
WisDems: After a month where WI-03 Rep. Derrick Van Orden tweeted over 600 times, he spent last night going through years old facebook posts to defend Jan. 6th attendance
MADISON, Wis. — In a (presumably) bleary-eyed haze last night, WI-03 Congressman Derrick Van Orden spent his Monday night scrolling through years of old Facebook posts just to double down on his 2020 election denialism. He commented on a Democratic Party of
Rep. Rodriguez: Responds to Evers comments on federal school choice tax credits
MADISON – An hour after State Representative Jessie Rodriguez (R-Oak Creek) made public her intention to introduce a bill requiring Wisconsin to opt-in to the new federal school choice tax credit, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers has already expressed his intention to