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This month serves as an important reminder of the outstanding technical education opportunities available to residents across Wisconsin.
This could be the most competitive race for the Superintendent of Public Instruction in decades.
To address Whitewater’s actual challenges in a practical and proactive fashion, scarce public resources should not be wasted on imagined problems.
Americans deserve better than an IRS that’s weaponized against them.
Through all of the madness, stupidity, corruption and meanness of the convicted felon Donald Trump’s first month back in office, there have been some bright spots, some examples of courage and decency.
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Communities across the U.S. would be a lot stronger and less divided if they had a common source of information vetted by journalists who focus on truth and accuracy.
CMS rule modernizing Medicare Part D to recognize obesity as a chronic disease represents a critical step.
The governor’s budget is more than a long list of numbers and calculations, it’s a statement of our Wisconsin values and a bold investment in our future.
Budget embarrassment proves Evers is a befuddled figurehead.
The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association has made the right decision by aligning with President Trump’s executive order and banning transgender athletes assigned male at birth from competing in girls sports.
We cannot allow budget cuts to erase over a century of progress in creating educational opportunities for Black students in the agricultural sciences.
DEI has become a pejorative, the latest catch-all phrase to replace decades of grievances against affirmative action, wokeness and critical race theory, all seen by many on the right as attempts to unfairly advantage women and minorities.
Ward Wallis and Gerald Ford, two college buddies and teammates would use a headline making football controversy as a lesson to a nation that needed to come to grips with deeply instilled racism.
What makes the current moment so perilous for our society is not just that brutes are breaking so many things—norms, laws, social contracts, standards of human decency. The greater danger is that brutishness is being normalized and ritualized, pulling nobler souls down into the gutter.
The America I grew up in is unrecognizable.
History says otherwise. So does the age of other current governors.
Sen. Felzkowski and Badger Institute made the case for dental therapists
His massive campaign donation to Brad Schimel raises big questions.
This month, I am reminded of the strength and resilience of our Black communities, whose unwavering fight for justice has driven our state’s progress. Their efforts have made Wisconsin a hub of political movements and social progress, pushing our state forward.
This month serves as an important reminder of the outstanding technical education opportunities available to residents across Wisconsin.
This could be the most competitive race for the Superintendent of Public Instruction in decades.
To address Whitewater’s actual challenges in a practical and proactive fashion, scarce public resources should not be wasted on imagined problems.
Americans deserve better than an IRS that’s weaponized against them.
Through all of the madness, stupidity, corruption and meanness of the convicted felon Donald Trump’s first month back in office, there have been some bright spots, some examples of courage and decency.
… Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, please contact schmies@wispolitics.com for subscription options on the WisPolitics-State Affairs platform, which is the new home for WisPolitics subscriber products. Username or E-mail Password * Remember Me
Communities across the U.S. would be a lot stronger and less divided if they had a common source of information vetted by journalists who focus on truth and accuracy.
CMS rule modernizing Medicare Part D to recognize obesity as a chronic disease represents a critical step.
The governor’s budget is more than a long list of numbers and calculations, it’s a statement of our Wisconsin values and a bold investment in our future.
Budget embarrassment proves Evers is a befuddled figurehead.
The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association has made the right decision by aligning with President Trump’s executive order and banning transgender athletes assigned male at birth from competing in girls sports.
We cannot allow budget cuts to erase over a century of progress in creating educational opportunities for Black students in the agricultural sciences.
DEI has become a pejorative, the latest catch-all phrase to replace decades of grievances against affirmative action, wokeness and critical race theory, all seen by many on the right as attempts to unfairly advantage women and minorities.
Ward Wallis and Gerald Ford, two college buddies and teammates would use a headline making football controversy as a lesson to a nation that needed to come to grips with deeply instilled racism.
What makes the current moment so perilous for our society is not just that brutes are breaking so many things—norms, laws, social contracts, standards of human decency. The greater danger is that brutishness is being normalized and ritualized, pulling nobler souls down into the gutter.
The America I grew up in is unrecognizable.
History says otherwise. So does the age of other current governors.
Sen. Felzkowski and Badger Institute made the case for dental therapists
His massive campaign donation to Brad Schimel raises big questions.
This month, I am reminded of the strength and resilience of our Black communities, whose unwavering fight for justice has driven our state’s progress. Their efforts have made Wisconsin a hub of political movements and social progress, pushing our state forward.
