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Families are not making a political statement when they choose a school. They simply want the freedom to find the best place for their student.
Yes, prices are up compared to the pre-pandemic days, and much of it is the result of the Federal Reserve’s decision to drastically raise interest rates that hit rent rates, mortgages and car payments, but inflation has settled back to 2.9% today, the same rate it was in 2018 during Donald Trump’s presidency.
Lawmakers need to end insurance commissioner’s Stronger Wisconsin climate mitigation program.
In my eight years as a newsroom leader, I’ve learned that the soft skills I had to hone to be good at D&D could help me manage my team.
The genie cannot be squeezed back in the bottle, so the challenge is how to harness AI for societal good – and how to build guardrails that prevent AI from being hijacked by bad actors or taking on a life of its own.
The MacIver Institute examined the 2024 performance measures for the state’s largest agencies. Among them, there were a total of 102 performance measures, of which the agencies met the standards for 44 of them (43%).
What do the people want? Let’s look at the data.
Marijuana affects its users mentally and physically — that much has long been known. As more states legalize its use, research is making clearer exactly what those effects are.
Republican lawmakers on the Wisconsin Assembly’s Joint Finance Committee worked to stop excessive taxpayer spending on broadband considering the more than $1 billion the state will get from the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment Program.
Despite city leaders’ hand-wringing about access to housing in Madison, the discussion about the dual tax referenda proposed by the mayor and the School Board lacks any concern about the impact of the proposed increases on the cost of housing.
The policy gaps between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris must be among the widest in U.S. history. The biggest gap in foreign policy, of course, is on Ukraine.
A MAGA victory in the November election holds the real possibility that the oft-denied PROJECT 2025 agenda developed by MAGA operatives to turn their grievances into policy will be the play book used to govern.
Main Street Agenda town hall meeting in La Crosse focuses on health care and climate change … two topics Wisconsin residents ranked among the top 5 issues on their minds.
The image, combining a swastika with the Star of David, is an offensive and entirely false comparison. Leaving the mural intact may actually help the pro-Israel cause.
Willfully creating or accepting measures that have proven to marginalize and endanger kids should be ousted as fast as an old apple core. It really should not be so hard to be nice to our nation’s kids.
Kamala Harris didn’t get a bump out of her debate last week, where it was widely believed, even among Republicans, that she bested Donald Trump. But other indicators look good for the Democrat.
Refusal to pay for elections commission staff will help fan the flames of conspiracy theories.
This allows unaccountable radicals to actually run everything.
To now assert that if the public speaks with urgency and determination to not have our democracy trashed means there is a call for violence underscores how desperate and absurd the Trump campaign has become.
Justice Rebecca Bradley represents the gold standard in a long and important American judicial tradition.
Families are not making a political statement when they choose a school. They simply want the freedom to find the best place for their student.
Yes, prices are up compared to the pre-pandemic days, and much of it is the result of the Federal Reserve’s decision to drastically raise interest rates that hit rent rates, mortgages and car payments, but inflation has settled back to 2.9% today, the same rate it was in 2018 during Donald Trump’s presidency.
Lawmakers need to end insurance commissioner’s Stronger Wisconsin climate mitigation program.
In my eight years as a newsroom leader, I’ve learned that the soft skills I had to hone to be good at D&D could help me manage my team.
The genie cannot be squeezed back in the bottle, so the challenge is how to harness AI for societal good – and how to build guardrails that prevent AI from being hijacked by bad actors or taking on a life of its own.
The MacIver Institute examined the 2024 performance measures for the state’s largest agencies. Among them, there were a total of 102 performance measures, of which the agencies met the standards for 44 of them (43%).
What do the people want? Let’s look at the data.
Marijuana affects its users mentally and physically — that much has long been known. As more states legalize its use, research is making clearer exactly what those effects are.
Republican lawmakers on the Wisconsin Assembly’s Joint Finance Committee worked to stop excessive taxpayer spending on broadband considering the more than $1 billion the state will get from the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment Program.
Despite city leaders’ hand-wringing about access to housing in Madison, the discussion about the dual tax referenda proposed by the mayor and the School Board lacks any concern about the impact of the proposed increases on the cost of housing.
The policy gaps between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris must be among the widest in U.S. history. The biggest gap in foreign policy, of course, is on Ukraine.
A MAGA victory in the November election holds the real possibility that the oft-denied PROJECT 2025 agenda developed by MAGA operatives to turn their grievances into policy will be the play book used to govern.
Main Street Agenda town hall meeting in La Crosse focuses on health care and climate change … two topics Wisconsin residents ranked among the top 5 issues on their minds.
The image, combining a swastika with the Star of David, is an offensive and entirely false comparison. Leaving the mural intact may actually help the pro-Israel cause.
Willfully creating or accepting measures that have proven to marginalize and endanger kids should be ousted as fast as an old apple core. It really should not be so hard to be nice to our nation’s kids.
Kamala Harris didn’t get a bump out of her debate last week, where it was widely believed, even among Republicans, that she bested Donald Trump. But other indicators look good for the Democrat.
Refusal to pay for elections commission staff will help fan the flames of conspiracy theories.
This allows unaccountable radicals to actually run everything.
To now assert that if the public speaks with urgency and determination to not have our democracy trashed means there is a call for violence underscores how desperate and absurd the Trump campaign has become.
Justice Rebecca Bradley represents the gold standard in a long and important American judicial tradition.
