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Nature acknowledges and respects no borders. What happens hundreds or even thousands of miles away will reach us, will affect us, may afflict us.


Local leaders are pushing for a collaborative regional approach to economic development that supports rural communities across central Wisconsin. “The more that we can be informed of what other communities are doing, what other counties are doing, the more we
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The Senate Education Committee took testimony on a bipartisan education agreement, while the Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection Committee voted along party lines to back a shared revenue bill that doesn’t yet include the changes GOP legislative leaders agreed to in a deal with Gov. Tony Evers.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC) From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee reconvenes today as the panel begins its final push to complete work on the two-year state budget. Today’s agenda includes the departments

Wage and salary growth in Wisconsin is expected to slow this year and the next, according to the latest Department of Revenue economic forecast. After wages and salaries in the state grew 8.2 percent last year, they’re expected to rise

Helping Wisconsin adopt Medicaid expansion could be Thompson’s crowning legacy.

Stingy numbers for hospitals in the state and county. Should state require more charity care?

If Wisconsin can add to the significant progress apparently about to be made in education reform, enact lower taxes, reduce regulation, and hang on to right-to-work and Act 10, among other things, we will be in a good position — even as a purple state — to continue to gain from our neighbors’ wrong-headed embrace of progressive governance.

Just as June is used to observe Pride Month, it is also the celebration of Juneteenth. Hate and oppression knows no bounds. Pride comes in many forms, races and ethnicities.

Nature acknowledges and respects no borders. What happens hundreds or even thousands of miles away will reach us, will affect us, may afflict us.


Local leaders are pushing for a collaborative regional approach to economic development that supports rural communities across central Wisconsin. “The more that we can be informed of what other communities are doing, what other counties are doing, the more we can regionally benefit from those efforts and aligning those returns
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The Senate Education Committee took testimony on a bipartisan education agreement, while the Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection Committee voted along party lines to back a shared revenue bill that doesn’t yet include the changes GOP legislative leaders agreed to in a deal with Gov. Tony Evers.
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC) From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee reconvenes today as the panel begins its final push to complete work on the two-year state budget. Today’s agenda includes the departments of Public Instruction and Transportation, as well as the UW

Wage and salary growth in Wisconsin is expected to slow this year and the next, according to the latest Department of Revenue economic forecast. After wages and salaries in the state grew 8.2 percent last year, they’re expected to rise 6.6 percent this year and 3.6 percent in 2024. At

Helping Wisconsin adopt Medicaid expansion could be Thompson’s crowning legacy.

Stingy numbers for hospitals in the state and county. Should state require more charity care?

If Wisconsin can add to the significant progress apparently about to be made in education reform, enact lower taxes, reduce regulation, and hang on to right-to-work and Act 10, among other things, we will be in a good position — even as a purple state — to continue to gain from our neighbors’ wrong-headed embrace of progressive governance.

Just as June is used to observe Pride Month, it is also the celebration of Juneteenth. Hate and oppression knows no bounds. Pride comes in many forms, races and ethnicities.