Patrick McIlheran: Wisconsin didn’t ‘buck national trends’

Right after scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP, came out, Wisconsin’s chief public school regulator, state Superintendent Jill Underly, issued a press release headlined, “Wisconsin elementary school students buck national trends in ‘National Report Card’ release.” This is not true: Wisconsin’s scores fell by every measure since the last time children took the test, in 2019, just as scores fell for every other state.

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M.D. Kittle: Waukesha Christmas Parade killer convicted, accountability remains

Nearly a year after he plowed his SUV into Waukesha’s annual Christmas parade killing six people and injuring dozens more, Darrell Brooks Jr. was found guilty Wednesday on all 76 counts against him. But the people behind Milwaukee County’s revolving door criminal justice system that freed the career violent criminal on $1,000 cash bail days before the parade have yet to be held accountable.

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Barnes ad charges Johnson failed to make things better

A new TV ad from Dem Mandela Barnes charges GOP U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson has failed to make things better during his 12 years in office. According to AdImpact, the spot is running in the Milwaukee, Madison, Green Bay, Wausau and La Crosse/Eau Claire markets. Barnes says in the ad

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Dem PAC drops rest of media buy for Pfaff in 3rd CD

The Dem-aligned House Majority PAC has dropped the rest of the ad buy it had reserved for Dem Brad Pfaff in his bid for the 3rd CD, according to AdImpact. The group had reserved nearly $1.7 million on paid media for the last two weeks of the race. On Friday,

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African markets seen as export opportunity for Wisconsin companies

The head of Milwaukee’s Omanhene Cocoa Bean Company says African markets present a huge export opportunity for Wisconsin businesses.  Steve Wallace, the company’s president and founder, yesterday discussed demographic and social trends that make Africa such an attractive export destination during a virtual panel hosted by the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association

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Patrick McIlheran: Wisconsin didn’t ‘buck national trends’

Right after scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP, came out, Wisconsin’s chief public school regulator, state Superintendent Jill Underly, issued a press release headlined, “Wisconsin elementary school students buck national trends in ‘National Report Card’ release.” This is not true: Wisconsin’s scores fell by every measure since the last time children took the test, in 2019, just as scores fell for every other state.

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M.D. Kittle: Waukesha Christmas Parade killer convicted, accountability remains

Nearly a year after he plowed his SUV into Waukesha’s annual Christmas parade killing six people and injuring dozens more, Darrell Brooks Jr. was found guilty Wednesday on all 76 counts against him. But the people behind Milwaukee County’s revolving door criminal justice system that freed the career violent criminal on $1,000 cash bail days before the parade have yet to be held accountable.

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