Scott Walker: Make American civics courses mandatory in schools
Monday, Jul 7, 2025
We must remind our fellow Americans why we are a great nation.
We must remind our fellow Americans why we are a great nation.
For a country that prides itself on innovation and reinvention, we sure do seem stuck in the past — clinging to systems that serve fewer and fewer of us, while demanding more and more.
Americans celebrating July 4 deserve a president who can both articulate what the Declaration of Independence means and govern according to its principles.
I contend that a chief quality of those who deserve citizenship is that they don’t take their citizenship for granted. They know their parents sacrificed much to make it happen. We are proud Americans. We belong here. And we deserve to stay.
DOGE disruptions, retirements and anticipated cuts threaten care for veterans.
The big picture: For every kid who enters MPS as a freshman each fall and goes on post-secondary education, there are at least two who do not, at least not in the year after high school ended.
Pritzker has long been a fierce Trump critic, and the billionaire governor of Illinois was unsparing in his initial post-election comments, warning against attacks on his state.
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Joint Finance Committee Co-chair Rep. Mark Born appearead on the Juky 6, 2025, episode of WISN’s “UpFront,” produced in partnership with WisPolitics/State Affairs-Wisconsin.
From WisPolitics … — State Rep. Mark Born, co-chair of the state budget committee, says everyone can claim wins when reflecting on the state budget deal negotiated and now signed by Gov. Tony Evers. “Certainly he’s going to point to
MADISON, Wis. (July 3, 2025) — The Wisconsin Dairy Products Association (WDPA) highlighted dairy industry and rural Wisconsin investments included in the newly signed 2025-27 Wisconsin State Budget that will benefit the state’s dairy processors, farmers, and rural communities. The
Congressional Candidate for Wisconsin’s 3rd District offers Rep. Van Orden the opportunity to host EAU CLAIRE, WIS. – Laura Benjamin, small business owner, former Eau Claire City Council member, and Democratic candidate for Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District, will host a
The 3rd Congressional Democrats of Wisconsin condemn Rep. Derrick Van Orden’s vote yesterday to cut Medicaid and Food Assistance for tens of thousands of families in his own district. Rep. Derrick Van Orden has spent years promising his constituents that
We must remind our fellow Americans why we are a great nation.
For a country that prides itself on innovation and reinvention, we sure do seem stuck in the past — clinging to systems that serve fewer and fewer of us, while demanding more and more.
Americans celebrating July 4 deserve a president who can both articulate what the Declaration of Independence means and govern according to its principles.
I contend that a chief quality of those who deserve citizenship is that they don’t take their citizenship for granted. They know their parents sacrificed much to make it happen. We are proud Americans. We belong here. And we deserve to stay.
DOGE disruptions, retirements and anticipated cuts threaten care for veterans.
The big picture: For every kid who enters MPS as a freshman each fall and goes on post-secondary education, there are at least two who do not, at least not in the year after high school ended.
Pritzker has long been a fierce Trump critic, and the billionaire governor of Illinois was unsparing in his initial post-election comments, warning against attacks on his state.
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Joint Finance Committee Co-chair Rep. Mark Born appearead on the Juky 6, 2025, episode of WISN’s “UpFront,” produced in partnership with WisPolitics/State Affairs-Wisconsin.
From WisPolitics … — State Rep. Mark Born, co-chair of the state budget committee, says everyone can claim wins when reflecting on the state budget deal negotiated and now signed by Gov. Tony Evers. “Certainly he’s going to point to the things he likes,” Born said on WISN 12’s “UpFront”
MADISON, Wis. (July 3, 2025) — The Wisconsin Dairy Products Association (WDPA) highlighted dairy industry and rural Wisconsin investments included in the newly signed 2025-27 Wisconsin State Budget that will benefit the state’s dairy processors, farmers, and rural communities. The budget reflects bipartisan recognition of dairy’s critical role in Wisconsin’s
Congressional Candidate for Wisconsin’s 3rd District offers Rep. Van Orden the opportunity to host EAU CLAIRE, WIS. – Laura Benjamin, small business owner, former Eau Claire City Council member, and Democratic candidate for Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District, will host a public town hall in La Crosse on Tuesday, July 8
The 3rd Congressional Democrats of Wisconsin condemn Rep. Derrick Van Orden’s vote yesterday to cut Medicaid and Food Assistance for tens of thousands of families in his own district. Rep. Derrick Van Orden has spent years promising his constituents that he would never cut Medicaid or food assistance, calling Democrats