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A recent decision by the National Labor Relations Board gives employers more flexibility to discipline workers for misconduct even when it’s linked with certain protected activities such as union organizing. That’s according to an analysis by Milwaukee-based law firm Michael
The candidates for Wisconsin governor had vastly different priorities.
Wisconsinites from every corner of the state and every walk of life are hurting from these unprecedented costs — and they know U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany and Donald Trump are to blame.
That’s like trashing cheesesteak in Philly
Now is not the time to think Trump and the GOP can’t be defeated on November 3, Election Day. They are on the losing end of an economy that has gone bad because of their mistakes and miscalculations. Every person can make a difference.
Proposed constitutional amendment would exempt places of worship from any emergency orders.
Dr. Howard Fuller asks how many more meetings does Milwaukee need before we decide that teaching our children to read is more important than just talking about it?
The biggest threat to humanity isn’t rogue AI; it is AI controlled by China, which would use this transformative technology to take Taiwan and displace America as the world’s dominant superpower.
USDA plans to move more than half of its 4,600 Washington-area employees to regional offices as part of a broader reorganization that it says will better tailor its services to farmers and ranchers.
The industry itself played major role in drafting cryptocurrency regulation bill and it would fall short of true protection for the public.
Idea Fest attendees, many of whom return night after night, seem to enjoy the variety of speakers, topics, and, well, the company of one another. They tell me they learn things, emerge thinking differently about some person or topic, and have fun running into longtime acquaintances.
Tiffany’s effort to keep out journalists whose reporting he doesn’t like violates the same constitutional principle protecting the free press that a federal judge cited when he ordered the White House to restore press passes to the three news outlets Trump banned.
If you read the sensational headlines in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, you might think Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany’s campaign arbitrarily blocked one of the Journal Sentinel’s reporters from its campaign event. That did happen.
Tiffany demonstrates a Trump-like scorn for the 1st Amendment.
For about a year these cameras had pretty much flown under the radar in Wisconsin––that is, until stories sprung up of a Milwaukee woman being held at gunpoint for a crime she did not commit.
If you tuned into State Superintendent Jill Underly’s “State of Education” address at the Capitol Thursday, you witnessed a classic (and predictable) display of bureaucratic deflection by a feckless leader who appears to be auditioning for her next gig rather than focusing on her current job.
Improving education means changing the system, not just spending more.
Three imperatives are: Advancing student success and opportunity; elevating innovation; deepening community engagement.
Japan companies have collectively been the No. 1 foreign direct investor in the United States since 2020, totaling $827 billion at the end of 2025. In Wisconsin, Japan runs neck-and-neck with Canada, with $4.2 billion invested by Japan since 2003.
Wisconsin had a record-setting $2.13 billion in food, forestry and agriculture exports in the first half of this year, buoyed by rising exports to key markets in Canada and Mexico. That’s according to the latest quarterly report from the International
A recent decision by the National Labor Relations Board gives employers more flexibility to discipline workers for misconduct even when it’s linked with certain protected activities such as union organizing. That’s according to an analysis by Milwaukee-based law firm Michael Best, which says employers have regained flexibility for dealing with
The candidates for Wisconsin governor had vastly different priorities.
Wisconsinites from every corner of the state and every walk of life are hurting from these unprecedented costs — and they know U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany and Donald Trump are to blame.
That’s like trashing cheesesteak in Philly
Now is not the time to think Trump and the GOP can’t be defeated on November 3, Election Day. They are on the losing end of an economy that has gone bad because of their mistakes and miscalculations. Every person can make a difference.
Proposed constitutional amendment would exempt places of worship from any emergency orders.
Dr. Howard Fuller asks how many more meetings does Milwaukee need before we decide that teaching our children to read is more important than just talking about it?
The biggest threat to humanity isn’t rogue AI; it is AI controlled by China, which would use this transformative technology to take Taiwan and displace America as the world’s dominant superpower.
USDA plans to move more than half of its 4,600 Washington-area employees to regional offices as part of a broader reorganization that it says will better tailor its services to farmers and ranchers.
The industry itself played major role in drafting cryptocurrency regulation bill and it would fall short of true protection for the public.
Idea Fest attendees, many of whom return night after night, seem to enjoy the variety of speakers, topics, and, well, the company of one another. They tell me they learn things, emerge thinking differently about some person or topic, and have fun running into longtime acquaintances.
Tiffany’s effort to keep out journalists whose reporting he doesn’t like violates the same constitutional principle protecting the free press that a federal judge cited when he ordered the White House to restore press passes to the three news outlets Trump banned.
If you read the sensational headlines in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, you might think Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany’s campaign arbitrarily blocked one of the Journal Sentinel’s reporters from its campaign event. That did happen.
Tiffany demonstrates a Trump-like scorn for the 1st Amendment.
For about a year these cameras had pretty much flown under the radar in Wisconsin––that is, until stories sprung up of a Milwaukee woman being held at gunpoint for a crime she did not commit.
If you tuned into State Superintendent Jill Underly’s “State of Education” address at the Capitol Thursday, you witnessed a classic (and predictable) display of bureaucratic deflection by a feckless leader who appears to be auditioning for her next gig rather than focusing on her current job.
Improving education means changing the system, not just spending more.
Three imperatives are: Advancing student success and opportunity; elevating innovation; deepening community engagement.
Japan companies have collectively been the No. 1 foreign direct investor in the United States since 2020, totaling $827 billion at the end of 2025. In Wisconsin, Japan runs neck-and-neck with Canada, with $4.2 billion invested by Japan since 2003.
Wisconsin had a record-setting $2.13 billion in food, forestry and agriculture exports in the first half of this year, buoyed by rising exports to key markets in Canada and Mexico. That’s according to the latest quarterly report from the International Agribusiness Center, which shows Wisconsin has climbed to No. 10