Libby Sobic and Will Flanders: Evers’ backdoor plan to stop school choice

Evers is proposing that private schools must complete all the steps of accreditation prior to participating in the choice programs. This change creates a catch 22 for new schools – the school could not accept students on a voucher until they completed the entire accreditation process but they cannot complete accreditation without students in the building.

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Evers says he’s not giving up on Medicaid expansion

Gov. Tony Evers says he’s not giving up on his proposal to expand Medicaid despite JFC Republicans’ plan to pull it from the budget, but he stopped short of saying he would veto a budget that didn’t include it. Meanwhile, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, dug in over his opposition

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FRI AM Update: Foxconn says it will continue to work ‘collaboratively and productively’ with Evers administration

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges & Universities From WisPolitics.com … — Foxconn says it will continue to work “collaboratively and productively” with the Evers administration after company CEO Terry Gou met with the guv for the first time. Gou, who met with President Trump

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Libby Sobic and Will Flanders: Evers’ backdoor plan to stop school choice

Evers is proposing that private schools must complete all the steps of accreditation prior to participating in the choice programs. This change creates a catch 22 for new schools – the school could not accept students on a voucher until they completed the entire accreditation process but they cannot complete accreditation without students in the building.

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Kyle Geissler: Body cam bill balances privacy, openness

The column below reflects the views of the author, and these opinions are neither endorsed nor supported by WisOpinion.com. When so much about politics is partisan, one might expect a topic like police body cameras to be contentious, particularly as it relates to public access to recordings. But proposed legislation

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