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Residential developments may be proposed at the local level, but where procedural hurdles impede the construction of much-needed homes, states have an important role in safeguarding the public welfare and the freedom to exercise one’s own property rights.
Gov Tony Evers’ over the top threat says a lot about the state of the Democratic Party, where identity politics has taken over among the party’s elites.
The new East-West bus rapid transit line is genuinely terrific. It could prove to represent a turning point for Milwaukee’s beleaguered bus system. That is, if we seize the opportunity.
Frontline registered nurses at UW Health, through their union, have urged the health system’s management to establish Juneteenth as a paid holiday, which they say would send a powerful message that their employer is determined to create a respectful and welcoming environment for all.
Let’s hope negotiations breathe new life into a project that will help Wisconsin’s economy for decades to come.
Among the bills Republicans are considering in the Legislature is one eliminating the last remnants of Wisconsin’s personal property tax.
AB 96 is a bill that would allow cities that have reached their 12% statutory cap for TIF to create new TIDs if and only if those TIDs are developer financed (otherwise known as pay-as-you-go).
And Atrium Health. ‘Nonprofit’ health systems are a great place to get rich.
Wisconsin Republicans have joined a widespread effort to ease child labor laws to allow more kids to work more often in more places. While advertised as a way to help ease the national labor shortage, it is the kids who will benefit most if the laws are relaxed.
We believe that working with tenants to be good neighbors and renters, coupled with providing access to affordable, clean, high-quality housing is key to solving our city’s housing challenges.
Trump’s hold on the Republican Party, even in the face of glaring indictments from a special prosecutor designated by the Justice Department shows how destructive a cult personality can be.
Our state has a choice between two divergent futures. One choice is demographic and economic decline. The other is to seize the opportunity at hand right now to transform our tax system and make Wisconsin a regional or even national magnet.
If paving the way for massive school privatization is not what he thought he was agreeing to in his deal with legislators, Evers should say so, and get out his veto pen.
Not all students learn in the same manner and to limit reading instruction to just one method will not allow for supplementing instruction for those whom phonics is not totally effective.
According to the Milwaukee Community Journal’s Mikel Holt, North Division is the worse performing school in Wisconsin, rated by every state and national assessment group and it’s the only school where proficiency rates for math, reading, science, and gym is stuck at zero.
The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism produced an important report last month on how private schools in Wisconsin can legally discriminate against disabled and LGBT students even if they receive taxpayer dollars to subsidize their operations.
As Juneteenth approaches Monday, a recent controversy in Greenville, South Carolina, shows we’re still learning how to fully honor an event that was only made a federal holiday two years ago.
Many of these environmental proposals are slated for removal from the state budget bill by Republicans, but final votes won’t occur until the end of the month. Before they vote, legislative Republicans should consider a recent statewide poll that shows overwhelming public support for conservation measures.
Wisconsin’s criminal courts face a constitutional crisis that has been decades in the making. The culprit? The state’s refusal to adequately compensate the lawyers who make fair trials and the right to counsel a reality.
Please, Dane County, stop using that racial equity lens.
Residential developments may be proposed at the local level, but where procedural hurdles impede the construction of much-needed homes, states have an important role in safeguarding the public welfare and the freedom to exercise one’s own property rights.
Gov Tony Evers’ over the top threat says a lot about the state of the Democratic Party, where identity politics has taken over among the party’s elites.
The new East-West bus rapid transit line is genuinely terrific. It could prove to represent a turning point for Milwaukee’s beleaguered bus system. That is, if we seize the opportunity.
Frontline registered nurses at UW Health, through their union, have urged the health system’s management to establish Juneteenth as a paid holiday, which they say would send a powerful message that their employer is determined to create a respectful and welcoming environment for all.
Let’s hope negotiations breathe new life into a project that will help Wisconsin’s economy for decades to come.
Among the bills Republicans are considering in the Legislature is one eliminating the last remnants of Wisconsin’s personal property tax.
AB 96 is a bill that would allow cities that have reached their 12% statutory cap for TIF to create new TIDs if and only if those TIDs are developer financed (otherwise known as pay-as-you-go).
And Atrium Health. ‘Nonprofit’ health systems are a great place to get rich.
Wisconsin Republicans have joined a widespread effort to ease child labor laws to allow more kids to work more often in more places. While advertised as a way to help ease the national labor shortage, it is the kids who will benefit most if the laws are relaxed.
We believe that working with tenants to be good neighbors and renters, coupled with providing access to affordable, clean, high-quality housing is key to solving our city’s housing challenges.
Trump’s hold on the Republican Party, even in the face of glaring indictments from a special prosecutor designated by the Justice Department shows how destructive a cult personality can be.
Our state has a choice between two divergent futures. One choice is demographic and economic decline. The other is to seize the opportunity at hand right now to transform our tax system and make Wisconsin a regional or even national magnet.
If paving the way for massive school privatization is not what he thought he was agreeing to in his deal with legislators, Evers should say so, and get out his veto pen.
Not all students learn in the same manner and to limit reading instruction to just one method will not allow for supplementing instruction for those whom phonics is not totally effective.
According to the Milwaukee Community Journal’s Mikel Holt, North Division is the worse performing school in Wisconsin, rated by every state and national assessment group and it’s the only school where proficiency rates for math, reading, science, and gym is stuck at zero.
The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism produced an important report last month on how private schools in Wisconsin can legally discriminate against disabled and LGBT students even if they receive taxpayer dollars to subsidize their operations.
As Juneteenth approaches Monday, a recent controversy in Greenville, South Carolina, shows we’re still learning how to fully honor an event that was only made a federal holiday two years ago.
Many of these environmental proposals are slated for removal from the state budget bill by Republicans, but final votes won’t occur until the end of the month. Before they vote, legislative Republicans should consider a recent statewide poll that shows overwhelming public support for conservation measures.
Wisconsin’s criminal courts face a constitutional crisis that has been decades in the making. The culprit? The state’s refusal to adequately compensate the lawyers who make fair trials and the right to counsel a reality.
Please, Dane County, stop using that racial equity lens.
