Abbi Kruse: Childcare providers facing funding cliff across Wisconsin

Wisconsin can choose to invest in children during the years when development is most rapid and intervention is most effective, or we can continue paying far higher costs later through remedial education, mental health services, workforce shortages and other social support. The bill does not disappear. It arrives later, with interest.

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Portrait of Bruce Murphy

Bruce Murphy: John Menard’s fortunes declining

Year after year, the wealth of John Menard kept growing. The founder and sole owner of the home improvement chain bearing his name saw his personal net worth grow from $775 million in 1996 to $5.2 billion in 2007, according to Forbes magazine. That grew to $16.6 billion in 2021 and $22.9 billion in 2024.

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Rewind: Your Week in Review for June 19

On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk recap the Democratic state convention, Senate Minority Leader Dianne Hesselbein’s appearance at a WisPolitics-State Affairs luncheon and a state Supreme Court ruling striking down a minority student grant program.

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TUE News Summary: Wisconsin Democratic primary for governor turns negative

TOP STORIES Wisconsin Democratic primary for governor turns negative… Sen. Kelda Roys, issued veiled criticisms of some of her fellow candidates, warning against political newcomers and wishy-washy moderates. … Hong, said without naming names that voters can “smell bulls—.” … first cross over into negative campaigning [was Barnes, noting] Rodriguez

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Abbi Kruse: Childcare providers facing funding cliff across Wisconsin

Wisconsin can choose to invest in children during the years when development is most rapid and intervention is most effective, or we can continue paying far higher costs later through remedial education, mental health services, workforce shortages and other social support. The bill does not disappear. It arrives later, with interest.

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Bill Kaplan: Plutocracy and vanity overshadow July 4th

The column below reflects the views of the author, and these opinions are neither endorsed nor supported by WisOpinion.com. July 4th is a bipartisan treasured national holiday celebrating the end of British colonial rule and our independence. America is based on a revolutionary principle: “that all Men are created equal,

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Portrait of Bruce Murphy

Bruce Murphy: John Menard’s fortunes declining

Year after year, the wealth of John Menard kept growing. The founder and sole owner of the home improvement chain bearing his name saw his personal net worth grow from $775 million in 1996 to $5.2 billion in 2007, according to Forbes magazine. That grew to $16.6 billion in 2021 and $22.9 billion in 2024.

Read More »

Rewind: Your Week in Review for June 19

On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk recap the Democratic state convention, Senate Minority Leader Dianne Hesselbein’s appearance at a WisPolitics-State Affairs luncheon and a state Supreme Court ruling striking down a minority student grant program.

Read More »