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Easily the most disheartening aftereffect of Hamas’ systematic slaughter of more than 1,300 innocent Israelis is that it has been met with outright jubilation in what were once the most radical corners of American liberalism but increasingly feel like its mainstream.
This week has been a study in contrasts.
Ask yourself who in the Republican House has been reported to show the character traits as demonstrated by former state senators Mike Ellis or Rodger Roth?
Once Gen Z matures to full force, its influence will be as transformative as the Greatest Generation that lived through the Great Depression, went off to fight World War II and returned to fuel prolonged prosperity.
The UW System is also backing out of its agreement with counties and cities, who since the 1960s have given many millions of tax dollars to build and maintain their campuses.
And conservative justices are already dissenting.
Regrettably, many nonprofit hospitals in Wisconsin and across the nation adopt practices that prioritize profits over patients, leaving lots of Wisconsinites burdened with excessive medical bills and financially crippling medical debt.
In last 20 years. Numbers are likely to decline even further in January.
With the recent news that UW-Oshkosh has laid off 20% of its employees, UW-Platteville Richland is closing, UW-Milwaukee at Washington County and UW-Oshkosh Fond du Lac’s campuses are stopping in-person instruction by June 2024, and the remaining ten branch campuses will “discuss future options,” the jarring reality is that our higher education is at significant risk due to the neglect of the Republican-led Legislature.
Support for women’s rights in general and women’s sports in particular has been almost sacred to the left for five decades. But, in a flash, as the orders from above came in, the left unanimously has decided that men and boys can compete against women and girls in sports and can steal all of their records, exile them to the benches and become superstars in sports in which they were mediocre when competing against fellow males.
Rep. Ryan Clancy, D-Milwaukee, made outrageous accusations that police officers’ jobs “have neither dignity nor value.” … I reached out to Rep. Clancy to discuss this and to his credit he got back to me. Suffice to say after a lively discussion we agreed to disagree.
Whether it’s stadiums or business locations, this much is certain: Public financing socializes expenses while privatizing profits.
The Environmental Protection Agency announced a roughly $450 million effort to remove almost 2 million cubic yards of contaminated sediments within the Milwaukee Estuary.
I’m proud to represent a region that recognizes the importance of conserving and improving our land.
Under Wisconsin law, people must vote where their residence is. Residence is defined in Wisconsin Statute 6.10(1) as “the place where the person’s habitation is fixed, without any present intent to move, and to which, when absent, the person intends to return.” There are no special exceptions for college students.
U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan shows a better way.
Should lawmakers back the bill to spend more than $545 million in public dollars for maintenance and upgrades at American Family Field?
Absent significant changes to the deal, it should be rejected. While politicians of both parties love to spend money and pose for pictures with the Brewers, someone needs to look out for the taxpayers.
A bold challenge to the forces that threaten to bankrupt Wisconsin public schools.
Wisconsin’s GOP Senate is proposing to increase the parental tax deduction for private school students from $4,000 for an elementary school student to $5,070 and for a secondary student from $10,000 to $12,660 with future increases for inflation.
Easily the most disheartening aftereffect of Hamas’ systematic slaughter of more than 1,300 innocent Israelis is that it has been met with outright jubilation in what were once the most radical corners of American liberalism but increasingly feel like its mainstream.
This week has been a study in contrasts.
Ask yourself who in the Republican House has been reported to show the character traits as demonstrated by former state senators Mike Ellis or Rodger Roth?
Once Gen Z matures to full force, its influence will be as transformative as the Greatest Generation that lived through the Great Depression, went off to fight World War II and returned to fuel prolonged prosperity.
The UW System is also backing out of its agreement with counties and cities, who since the 1960s have given many millions of tax dollars to build and maintain their campuses.
And conservative justices are already dissenting.
Regrettably, many nonprofit hospitals in Wisconsin and across the nation adopt practices that prioritize profits over patients, leaving lots of Wisconsinites burdened with excessive medical bills and financially crippling medical debt.
In last 20 years. Numbers are likely to decline even further in January.
With the recent news that UW-Oshkosh has laid off 20% of its employees, UW-Platteville Richland is closing, UW-Milwaukee at Washington County and UW-Oshkosh Fond du Lac’s campuses are stopping in-person instruction by June 2024, and the remaining ten branch campuses will “discuss future options,” the jarring reality is that our higher education is at significant risk due to the neglect of the Republican-led Legislature.
Support for women’s rights in general and women’s sports in particular has been almost sacred to the left for five decades. But, in a flash, as the orders from above came in, the left unanimously has decided that men and boys can compete against women and girls in sports and can steal all of their records, exile them to the benches and become superstars in sports in which they were mediocre when competing against fellow males.
Rep. Ryan Clancy, D-Milwaukee, made outrageous accusations that police officers’ jobs “have neither dignity nor value.” … I reached out to Rep. Clancy to discuss this and to his credit he got back to me. Suffice to say after a lively discussion we agreed to disagree.
Whether it’s stadiums or business locations, this much is certain: Public financing socializes expenses while privatizing profits.
The Environmental Protection Agency announced a roughly $450 million effort to remove almost 2 million cubic yards of contaminated sediments within the Milwaukee Estuary.
I’m proud to represent a region that recognizes the importance of conserving and improving our land.
Under Wisconsin law, people must vote where their residence is. Residence is defined in Wisconsin Statute 6.10(1) as “the place where the person’s habitation is fixed, without any present intent to move, and to which, when absent, the person intends to return.” There are no special exceptions for college students.
U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan shows a better way.
Should lawmakers back the bill to spend more than $545 million in public dollars for maintenance and upgrades at American Family Field?
Absent significant changes to the deal, it should be rejected. While politicians of both parties love to spend money and pose for pictures with the Brewers, someone needs to look out for the taxpayers.
A bold challenge to the forces that threaten to bankrupt Wisconsin public schools.
Wisconsin’s GOP Senate is proposing to increase the parental tax deduction for private school students from $4,000 for an elementary school student to $5,070 and for a secondary student from $10,000 to $12,660 with future increases for inflation.
