Ola Lisowski: The truth about education spending in Wisconsin

State aids to schools are at the highest level of actual dollars in history. When accounting for inflation, those dollars dip below prior year investments when taking a traditional view of state aids as a line item. Yet, not accounted for in that metric is the savings to districts that they can now make, if they choose, through the tools of Act 10. Those savings add up, to the tune of $3.2 billion in just five years.

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Milwaukee Press Club: Former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson to speak at Newsmaker Luncheon hosted by Milwaukee Press Club and WisPolitics.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, please contact: Joette Richards, (262)894-2224 admin@milwaukeepressclub.org www.milwaukeepressclub.org MILWAUKEE – Tommy G. Thompson, Wisconsin’s longest-tenured governor, will be the featured speaker at a Newsmaker Luncheon, hosted jointly by the Milwaukee Press Club and WisPolitics.com, on

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Vukmir warns Dems would unravel conservative reforms

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Leah Vukmir urged workers at a Menomonee Falls factory today to vote for Republicans, warning Dem wins would unravel conservative reforms in Wisconsin and Washington, D.C. Vukmir, who’s a state senator from Brookfield, said the state

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Ola Lisowski: The truth about education spending in Wisconsin

State aids to schools are at the highest level of actual dollars in history. When accounting for inflation, those dollars dip below prior year investments when taking a traditional view of state aids as a line item. Yet, not accounted for in that metric is the savings to districts that they can now make, if they choose, through the tools of Act 10. Those savings add up, to the tune of $3.2 billion in just five years.

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Milwaukee Press Club: Former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson to speak at Newsmaker Luncheon hosted by Milwaukee Press Club and WisPolitics.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, please contact: Joette Richards, (262)894-2224 admin@milwaukeepressclub.org www.milwaukeepressclub.org MILWAUKEE – Tommy G. Thompson, Wisconsin’s longest-tenured governor, will be the featured speaker at a Newsmaker Luncheon, hosted jointly by the Milwaukee Press Club and WisPolitics.com, on Wednesday, November 14. Thompson, who also served for 20 years

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Vukmir warns Dems would unravel conservative reforms

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Leah Vukmir urged workers at a Menomonee Falls factory today to vote for Republicans, warning Dem wins would unravel conservative reforms in Wisconsin and Washington, D.C. Vukmir, who’s a state senator from Brookfield, said the state has seen record low unemployment, state budget surpluses and reduced

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