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The latest federal economic data is very good news. The polls, however, don’t reflect this positive data.
Our state has an aging population, declining birth rates and is facing, at best, neutral immigration — all of which will impact higher education and our workforce.
With the decision in the Brown vs. Board of Education case (1954), the Supreme Court ruled that “separate but equal” educational facilities for students were unconstitutional. While the decision was lauded for its declaration that separate but equal was unconstitutional, the high court did not give any guidance on how or when desegregation in public schools would take place.
And it is imposed institutionally by the United States government.
Baldwin cited in her introduction of the Equality Act that state legislatures have introduced nearly 500 pieces of anti-LGBTQ legislation, and Wisconsin is no exception.
The Wisconsin Technology Council’s board of directors is calling on state lawmakers to “fully authorize” a UW-Madison College of Engineering construction project. In a memo delivered last week to all members of the state Legislature, the board members are urging
No Labels, the bipartisan group eyeing a third-party presidential ticket, is working to secure ballot access in states including Wisconsin.
“Our goal is to be on probably a little less than half the states by the end of the year,” No Labels National Director Joe Cunningham said on WISN’s “UpFront,” which is produced in partnership with WisPolitics.com. “This is a long process, a tedious process.”
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, R-Minocqua, more than tripled his fundraising during the second quarter of the year as he began publicly considering a bid for the U.S. Senate,
InvivoSciences, a pre-clinical stage biotech firm based in Madison, is gearing up for a potential FDA application for a heart failure drug and companion diagnostic tool. But first, company leaders plan to meet with officials at the federal agency to
Evers previously said he’d deny relief for the 77,000 Wisconsin taxpayers in the top bracket. But it was surprising that he’d stiff-arm the 1.6 million households in the second-highest bracket.
A teacher’s firing for public comments about Waukesha censoring the song “Rainbowland” and a nearby school district’s ban on “safe spaces” are all part of a coordinated, Republican campaign, writes John Norcross.
Our Legislature is once again targeting transgender youth with Jim Crow-style proscription laws.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison, the flagship of the UW system, proudly operates the so-called Target of Opportunity Program. It allows academic departments to obtain waivers from the requirement to post job positions publicly and instead hire “diverse” candidates directly.
The latest federal economic data is very good news. The polls, however, don’t reflect this positive data.
Our state has an aging population, declining birth rates and is facing, at best, neutral immigration — all of which will impact higher education and our workforce.
With the decision in the Brown vs. Board of Education case (1954), the Supreme Court ruled that “separate but equal” educational facilities for students were unconstitutional. While the decision was lauded for its declaration that separate but equal was unconstitutional, the high court did not give any guidance on how or when desegregation in public schools would take place.
And it is imposed institutionally by the United States government.
Baldwin cited in her introduction of the Equality Act that state legislatures have introduced nearly 500 pieces of anti-LGBTQ legislation, and Wisconsin is no exception.
The Wisconsin Technology Council’s board of directors is calling on state lawmakers to “fully authorize” a UW-Madison College of Engineering construction project. In a memo delivered last week to all members of the state Legislature, the board members are urging action by this fall on the $347 million project. They
No Labels, the bipartisan group eyeing a third-party presidential ticket, is working to secure ballot access in states including Wisconsin.
“Our goal is to be on probably a little less than half the states by the end of the year,” No Labels National Director Joe Cunningham said on WISN’s “UpFront,” which is produced in partnership with WisPolitics.com. “This is a long process, a tedious process.”
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, R-Minocqua, more than tripled his fundraising during the second quarter of the year as he began publicly considering a bid for the U.S. Senate, according to his latest filing. But the $113,739 he raised
InvivoSciences, a pre-clinical stage biotech firm based in Madison, is gearing up for a potential FDA application for a heart failure drug and companion diagnostic tool. But first, company leaders plan to meet with officials at the federal agency to get feedback ahead of making any submission. That’s according to
Evers previously said he’d deny relief for the 77,000 Wisconsin taxpayers in the top bracket. But it was surprising that he’d stiff-arm the 1.6 million households in the second-highest bracket.
A teacher’s firing for public comments about Waukesha censoring the song “Rainbowland” and a nearby school district’s ban on “safe spaces” are all part of a coordinated, Republican campaign, writes John Norcross.
Our Legislature is once again targeting transgender youth with Jim Crow-style proscription laws.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison, the flagship of the UW system, proudly operates the so-called Target of Opportunity Program. It allows academic departments to obtain waivers from the requirement to post job positions publicly and instead hire “diverse” candidates directly.