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Evers and GOP legislators disagree. Issues could figure in fall elections.
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Evers and GOP legislators disagree. Issues could figure in fall elections.

What the new governance structure looks like is for the community to consider. What’s imperative is that we do not keep governing MPS the same way, expecting a different outcome.

No response to the regrettable MPS debacle will be adequate if it does not include expanded educational choice for all families. Every child deserves an exit pass.

Trump’s trash talking of Milwaukee upended GOP plans to use the city as a backdrop for their fall campaign launch in Wisconsin. His efforts to explain himself only worsened things, as did GOP members of the state’s congressional delegation who tried to cover for him.

Stop messing with our constitution already. Vote no in August and November on all the constitutional amendments on your ballot.

Politically, the leftists control the court. One might instinctively think that they will rule in favor of Evers to support “their guy.” However, handing that kind of power to the governor in perpetuity is fraught with risk for the liberals.

The FDA recently proposed a rule that could limit access to prescription information, the printed information attached to prescriptions at the pharmacy. The rule would place the burden of printing Patient Medication Information onto pharmacies, adding additional workload hours and costs for pharmacies.

Launched in 2004 by the Wisconsin Technology Council with help from sponsors such as what is today the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp., finalists in the 2024 contest ranged from potentially life-saving devices and apps to agricultural equipment to a software-based creative writing program for children to innovations in the food and beverage world.

The Midwest doesn’t have enough talent or risk capital in the right places to commercialize all its great ideas.

We live in an age when technology will continue to advance, providing children (and adults) with many more options for entertainment, and that will always compete with reading.

The guv announced potential auditors will have until next Monday to respond to a request for services to conduct an operational audit of Milwaukee Public Schools, which will be done under an existing state contract with entities that have experience with educational audits. The guv also announced a list of nine eligible vendors.
From WisPolitics … — The state Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments in a case to overturn Gov. Tony Evers’ partial veto in the 2023-25 budget that allows per-pupil spending increases each year for the next four centuries. The

We all knew it was coming.

It’s essential to strike a balance between personal freedoms and public safety. These RNC rules fail that test.

Corporate America doesn’t care about democracy, regular folks or climate change.

Sykes spent over 20 years ripping on Milwaukee day in and day out while he was a squawk radio host in Milwaukee for WTMJ-AM and on Sundays when he hosted a TV show on TMJ4.

Fiscal memo details how much of a hit taxpayers in other parts of Wisconsin will take.

Wouldn’t it make sense for the United States to consider once again enacting universal national service, but making it apply to the more than the military?

Stablecoins backed by dollars provide demand for U.S. public debt and a way to keep up with China.

How many workers in the nation would be content with no pay raise for 15 years? Why should congressional staff also be financially harmed by this aversion to increase pay on Capitol Hill?

Evers and GOP legislators disagree. Issues could figure in fall elections.

What the new governance structure looks like is for the community to consider. What’s imperative is that we do not keep governing MPS the same way, expecting a different outcome.

No response to the regrettable MPS debacle will be adequate if it does not include expanded educational choice for all families. Every child deserves an exit pass.

Trump’s trash talking of Milwaukee upended GOP plans to use the city as a backdrop for their fall campaign launch in Wisconsin. His efforts to explain himself only worsened things, as did GOP members of the state’s congressional delegation who tried to cover for him.

Stop messing with our constitution already. Vote no in August and November on all the constitutional amendments on your ballot.

Politically, the leftists control the court. One might instinctively think that they will rule in favor of Evers to support “their guy.” However, handing that kind of power to the governor in perpetuity is fraught with risk for the liberals.

The FDA recently proposed a rule that could limit access to prescription information, the printed information attached to prescriptions at the pharmacy. The rule would place the burden of printing Patient Medication Information onto pharmacies, adding additional workload hours and costs for pharmacies.

Launched in 2004 by the Wisconsin Technology Council with help from sponsors such as what is today the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp., finalists in the 2024 contest ranged from potentially life-saving devices and apps to agricultural equipment to a software-based creative writing program for children to innovations in the food and beverage world.

The Midwest doesn’t have enough talent or risk capital in the right places to commercialize all its great ideas.

We live in an age when technology will continue to advance, providing children (and adults) with many more options for entertainment, and that will always compete with reading.

The guv announced potential auditors will have until next Monday to respond to a request for services to conduct an operational audit of Milwaukee Public Schools, which will be done under an existing state contract with entities that have experience with educational audits. The guv also announced a list of nine eligible vendors.
From WisPolitics … — The state Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments in a case to overturn Gov. Tony Evers’ partial veto in the 2023-25 budget that allows per-pupil spending increases each year for the next four centuries. The suit, which Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce filed on behalf of

We all knew it was coming.

It’s essential to strike a balance between personal freedoms and public safety. These RNC rules fail that test.

Corporate America doesn’t care about democracy, regular folks or climate change.

Sykes spent over 20 years ripping on Milwaukee day in and day out while he was a squawk radio host in Milwaukee for WTMJ-AM and on Sundays when he hosted a TV show on TMJ4.

Fiscal memo details how much of a hit taxpayers in other parts of Wisconsin will take.

Wouldn’t it make sense for the United States to consider once again enacting universal national service, but making it apply to the more than the military?

Stablecoins backed by dollars provide demand for U.S. public debt and a way to keep up with China.

How many workers in the nation would be content with no pay raise for 15 years? Why should congressional staff also be financially harmed by this aversion to increase pay on Capitol Hill?