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County would have gotten $1 billion more since 2003 if funding kept up with inflation.
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County would have gotten $1 billion more since 2003 if funding kept up with inflation.

You’d be surprised by the range of ideas and proposals by Capitol newcomers.

Leftists join conservatives in striking down Wisconsin’s nutty Supreme Court.

Instead of investing in our students on the front end, your state government is deliberately passing the buck, transforming a state responsibility into a localized property tax hike.

Line 5 is a privately owned property, existing only to generate profits for Enbridge.

The erasure of history has been used to do harm, maintain power, and silence painful reckoning.

America cannot keep spending more than it takes in year after year.

Los Angeles is burning again — this time over President Trump’s enforcement of immigration law.

I never imagined waking up in a country where this would happen. But today, we are living through a moment where the foundations of our democracy are being tested like never before.

Wisconsin citizens once again have a U.S. senator who has become a national embarrassment.

WMC’s latest survey finds fewer business leaders are struggling to find workers, though this is likely being driven by economic uncertainty putting a damper on hiring and other decisions. That’s according to Kurt Bauer, president and CEO of Wisconsin Manufacturers

The GOP-controlled Joint Finance Committee approving boosting the amount of state money going into youth apprenticeship programs and meat inspections, though it was significantly less than what Dem Gov. Tony Evers proposed.

Gov. Tony Evers had backed the state Supreme Court’s call for an Office of Marshals to add 8.4 full-time equivalent staff in addition to the 1.6 positions now working for the court. His budget included nearly $2.3 million to cover the costs.

Leaders of the Wisconsin Biohealth Tech Hub say three of the effort’s main initiatives are “advancing swiftly” as partners leverage state and federal dollars to boost the sector. Lead partner BioForward yesterday announced projects are underway to drive workforce development

Budget cuts and Wisconsin’s massive school choice program could undo public education.

Wisconsin Democrats, at least, are sticking to the old-time religion: racial grievance, welfare statism, class warfare, open borders, redistributionism (aka “socialism”), Greta Thunberg, and pronouns.

According to the National Association of State Parks Directors, funding for the Wisconsin state park system is the lowest in the country.

Rural America, and specifically rural Wisconsin, can play important roles in the move to the next generation of energy.

The story of African American travel is one of resilience carved from necessity.

If Johnson is able to apply pressure to improve a bill that ultimately passes, he will be a hero. But if that pressure does the reverse and torpedoes everything, he will have his fingerprints on a disaster.

County would have gotten $1 billion more since 2003 if funding kept up with inflation.

You’d be surprised by the range of ideas and proposals by Capitol newcomers.

Leftists join conservatives in striking down Wisconsin’s nutty Supreme Court.

Instead of investing in our students on the front end, your state government is deliberately passing the buck, transforming a state responsibility into a localized property tax hike.

Line 5 is a privately owned property, existing only to generate profits for Enbridge.

The erasure of history has been used to do harm, maintain power, and silence painful reckoning.

America cannot keep spending more than it takes in year after year.

Los Angeles is burning again — this time over President Trump’s enforcement of immigration law.

I never imagined waking up in a country where this would happen. But today, we are living through a moment where the foundations of our democracy are being tested like never before.

Wisconsin citizens once again have a U.S. senator who has become a national embarrassment.

WMC’s latest survey finds fewer business leaders are struggling to find workers, though this is likely being driven by economic uncertainty putting a damper on hiring and other decisions. That’s according to Kurt Bauer, president and CEO of Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce. In a statement on the findings, he said

The GOP-controlled Joint Finance Committee approving boosting the amount of state money going into youth apprenticeship programs and meat inspections, though it was significantly less than what Dem Gov. Tony Evers proposed.

Gov. Tony Evers had backed the state Supreme Court’s call for an Office of Marshals to add 8.4 full-time equivalent staff in addition to the 1.6 positions now working for the court. His budget included nearly $2.3 million to cover the costs.

Leaders of the Wisconsin Biohealth Tech Hub say three of the effort’s main initiatives are “advancing swiftly” as partners leverage state and federal dollars to boost the sector. Lead partner BioForward yesterday announced projects are underway to drive workforce development in Madison and Milwaukee, bolster statewide networks for biotech startups,

Budget cuts and Wisconsin’s massive school choice program could undo public education.

Wisconsin Democrats, at least, are sticking to the old-time religion: racial grievance, welfare statism, class warfare, open borders, redistributionism (aka “socialism”), Greta Thunberg, and pronouns.

According to the National Association of State Parks Directors, funding for the Wisconsin state park system is the lowest in the country.

Rural America, and specifically rural Wisconsin, can play important roles in the move to the next generation of energy.

The story of African American travel is one of resilience carved from necessity.

If Johnson is able to apply pressure to improve a bill that ultimately passes, he will be a hero. But if that pressure does the reverse and torpedoes everything, he will have his fingerprints on a disaster.