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We lost a giant in economic and financial education — and in education reform — this week with the passing of Dr. Mark Schug.
Will we ever escape the scourge of McCarthyism?
Report makes clear that Congress needs to act in next few years. Around 2033, Social Security will have about 80% of the funds needed to make full payments. Congress needs to act to fill 20% gap.
From WisPolitics … — The Republican Governors Association’s buy targeting Dem Francesa Hong as “dangerously liberal” is now up to nearly $3.2 million, according to a new filing. Meanwhile, a group backing former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes in the guv’s
When the day comes that fusion produces enough energy to power a city, it will be thanks to nuclear physicists, computing experts and other scientists who combined to make a century-old theory come true.
Dem gubernatorial candidate Kelda Roys in a new spot says Republicans like Trump broke the healthcare system so insurance companies could profit more.
A new ad from Restoration of America PAC says today’s Democrats “hate our country’s founding” while tearing down statues, opening borders and letting criminals run free.
While critical of Hong on public safety, the buy is focused on broadcast TV in Madison and Milwaukee, the two markets that factor heavily into turnout in Dem primaries. Insiders took the anti-ICE message as a sign the ad was at least partly meant to boost Hong in the Dem primary.
The Pentagon’s new “testosterone initiative” is the kind of policy you get when a society has quietly accepted that its military is less a professional fighting force than simply the nation’s largest job-creating program for the young, the poor, and the under‑educated.
It is the emergence of a status envy ideology that shapes how Americans interpret their own lives and measure themselves against others in an environment where traditional forms of community have eroded.
For decades, colleges and universities across the country have offered developmental or remedial education courses to students who arrive on campus not yet prepared for college-level work.
As America recognizes its 250th birthday, Wisconsin has an opportunity to shape the next chapter of its economic story.
Would you be satisfied if you knew the priest that violated your brother or sister, classmate, neighbor or extended family was given a pass, not reported to authorities in the criminal justice system?
TOP STORIES Evers to appeal Trump admin’s denial of assistance to 4 counties hit by April storms… [FEMA’s Arnold letter] approved individual assistance for residents of 19 Wisconsin counties, as well as for the Oneida Nation. … public assistance for
TOP STORIES Sensing opportunity, Democratic rivals seize on Rodriguez campaign’s financial troubles… Immediately after Rodriguez held a Monday press conference to discuss what she said was double-counting by her former manager, Madison Sen. Kelda Roys sent out a statement calling
TOP STORIES Governor hopeful Sara Rodriguez uncovers major cash shortfall in WI campaign… after campaign ads slated to run last week did not air because of unpaid invoices…. fired her campaign manager [Spencer] just a month before the Aug. 11
TOP STORIES Sara Rodriguez fires campaign head for campaign finance inaccuracies… staff discovered the errors and financial management issues late last week and brought concerns to Rodriguez. … after “discovering serious mismanagement and inaccuracies” in campaign finance reports. … made
We lost a giant in economic and financial education — and in education reform — this week with the passing of Dr. Mark Schug.
Will we ever escape the scourge of McCarthyism?
Report makes clear that Congress needs to act in next few years. Around 2033, Social Security will have about 80% of the funds needed to make full payments. Congress needs to act to fill 20% gap.
From WisPolitics … — The Republican Governors Association’s buy targeting Dem Francesa Hong as “dangerously liberal” is now up to nearly $3.2 million, according to a new filing. Meanwhile, a group backing former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes in the guv’s race has detailed $626,990 in spending. The RGA yesterday notified
When the day comes that fusion produces enough energy to power a city, it will be thanks to nuclear physicists, computing experts and other scientists who combined to make a century-old theory come true.
Dem gubernatorial candidate Kelda Roys in a new spot says Republicans like Trump broke the healthcare system so insurance companies could profit more.
A new ad from Restoration of America PAC says today’s Democrats “hate our country’s founding” while tearing down statues, opening borders and letting criminals run free.
While critical of Hong on public safety, the buy is focused on broadcast TV in Madison and Milwaukee, the two markets that factor heavily into turnout in Dem primaries. Insiders took the anti-ICE message as a sign the ad was at least partly meant to boost Hong in the Dem primary.
The Pentagon’s new “testosterone initiative” is the kind of policy you get when a society has quietly accepted that its military is less a professional fighting force than simply the nation’s largest job-creating program for the young, the poor, and the under‑educated.
It is the emergence of a status envy ideology that shapes how Americans interpret their own lives and measure themselves against others in an environment where traditional forms of community have eroded.
For decades, colleges and universities across the country have offered developmental or remedial education courses to students who arrive on campus not yet prepared for college-level work.
As America recognizes its 250th birthday, Wisconsin has an opportunity to shape the next chapter of its economic story.
Would you be satisfied if you knew the priest that violated your brother or sister, classmate, neighbor or extended family was given a pass, not reported to authorities in the criminal justice system?
TOP STORIES Evers to appeal Trump admin’s denial of assistance to 4 counties hit by April storms… [FEMA’s Arnold letter] approved individual assistance for residents of 19 Wisconsin counties, as well as for the Oneida Nation. … public assistance for nine counties and the Oneida Nation. … denied [public] assistance
TOP STORIES Sensing opportunity, Democratic rivals seize on Rodriguez campaign’s financial troubles… Immediately after Rodriguez held a Monday press conference to discuss what she said was double-counting by her former manager, Madison Sen. Kelda Roys sent out a statement calling Rodriguez “unprepared for the rigors of a general election or
TOP STORIES Governor hopeful Sara Rodriguez uncovers major cash shortfall in WI campaign… after campaign ads slated to run last week did not air because of unpaid invoices…. fired her campaign manager [Spencer] just a month before the Aug. 11 primary after discovering contributions had been double counted and expenses
TOP STORIES Sara Rodriguez fires campaign head for campaign finance inaccuracies… staff discovered the errors and financial management issues late last week and brought concerns to Rodriguez. … after “discovering serious mismanagement and inaccuracies” in campaign finance reports. … made the announcement about terminating campaign manager Kara Spencer through a