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Botched report cards, lowered standards, licensing and finance scandals erode faith in DPI.
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Botched report cards, lowered standards, licensing and finance scandals erode faith in DPI.

The system, as it currently exists, lacks the transparency families deserve.

Instead of union-busting, the Board should see union organizing as a gift of collective problem-solving.

The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty and the Center for Individual Rights are filing a lawsuit against the federal government to ensure that all Americans are treated equally.

President Donald Trump’s new regime at the beloved center decreed the National Symphony Orchestra must stand and play the national anthem before every concert.

On Veterans Day last week, former President Barack Obama showed how presidents of the United States once acted.

Even in eras of bitter division, such as the Civil War, the dangerousness of McCarthyism, or during violent Vietnam protests, leaders did not weaponize the language of treason against Congress itself. Trump’s rhetoric today is not politics as usual. Far from it.

As highway widening gets unceremoniously underway and the latest streetcar debate goes in another circle, the bus system and looming cuts to key routes seems left behind.

Its performance against its statewide peers is far too low, but the bitter circumstances of Milwaukee schooling mean it is many children’s best available option.

Concerns around risk allocation and economic viability are the main hurdles to further nuclear energy development, according to a UW-Madison expert. Prof. Paul Wilson, chair of the university’s Department of Nuclear Engineering & Engineering Physics, spoke yesterday during a policy

Republican candidates for governor are joining politicians across the country who are increasingly skeptical of tenure guarantees for professors.

To meet its obligation to a troubled pluralistic republic, UW-Madison needs more free speech and diversity of views among its faculty.

As Congress sat idle, hardworking Americans faced rising health care costs, farmers battled dangerous market instability, and millions may lose necessary food assistance.

Maybe someday he’ll admit that he was wrong to support Trump. I hope so, because if he doesn’t admit that, his support for the worst president in American history will, at least in my book, overshadow everything else he ever accomplished.

In a rather stunning development, the city of Mequon is under siege by a burglary ring…from South America.

Before the OBBB lands with full weight, Milwaukee must take the steps it still can.

It’s been said the best teachers can be judged by the success of those they mentor. In the case of Nobel Prize winner James D. Watson, who died this month at 97, a prime example is UW-Madison molecular biologist and biochemist Richard Burgess.

Wisconsin’s competitive edge in biotech is being threatened by “national headwinds” for the industry, according to a startup specialist at WEDC. Shayna Hetzel, vice president of entrepreneurship and innovation at the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp., spoke yesterday during a meeting

A battle-scarred vet is picked to lead a crackdown.

Our courthouses need a clear policy protecting Milwaukeans from disguised federal agents.

Botched report cards, lowered standards, licensing and finance scandals erode faith in DPI.

The system, as it currently exists, lacks the transparency families deserve.

Instead of union-busting, the Board should see union organizing as a gift of collective problem-solving.

The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty and the Center for Individual Rights are filing a lawsuit against the federal government to ensure that all Americans are treated equally.

President Donald Trump’s new regime at the beloved center decreed the National Symphony Orchestra must stand and play the national anthem before every concert.

On Veterans Day last week, former President Barack Obama showed how presidents of the United States once acted.

Even in eras of bitter division, such as the Civil War, the dangerousness of McCarthyism, or during violent Vietnam protests, leaders did not weaponize the language of treason against Congress itself. Trump’s rhetoric today is not politics as usual. Far from it.

As highway widening gets unceremoniously underway and the latest streetcar debate goes in another circle, the bus system and looming cuts to key routes seems left behind.

Its performance against its statewide peers is far too low, but the bitter circumstances of Milwaukee schooling mean it is many children’s best available option.

Concerns around risk allocation and economic viability are the main hurdles to further nuclear energy development, according to a UW-Madison expert. Prof. Paul Wilson, chair of the university’s Department of Nuclear Engineering & Engineering Physics, spoke yesterday during a policy event hosted by the Wisconsin Conservative Energy Forum at the

Republican candidates for governor are joining politicians across the country who are increasingly skeptical of tenure guarantees for professors.

To meet its obligation to a troubled pluralistic republic, UW-Madison needs more free speech and diversity of views among its faculty.

As Congress sat idle, hardworking Americans faced rising health care costs, farmers battled dangerous market instability, and millions may lose necessary food assistance.

Maybe someday he’ll admit that he was wrong to support Trump. I hope so, because if he doesn’t admit that, his support for the worst president in American history will, at least in my book, overshadow everything else he ever accomplished.

In a rather stunning development, the city of Mequon is under siege by a burglary ring…from South America.

Before the OBBB lands with full weight, Milwaukee must take the steps it still can.

It’s been said the best teachers can be judged by the success of those they mentor. In the case of Nobel Prize winner James D. Watson, who died this month at 97, a prime example is UW-Madison molecular biologist and biochemist Richard Burgess.

Wisconsin’s competitive edge in biotech is being threatened by “national headwinds” for the industry, according to a startup specialist at WEDC. Shayna Hetzel, vice president of entrepreneurship and innovation at the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp., spoke yesterday during a meeting of the agency’s board of directors. Representing the Wisconsin Investment

A battle-scarred vet is picked to lead a crackdown.

Our courthouses need a clear policy protecting Milwaukeans from disguised federal agents.