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New fair district maps would bring accountability back to government and help people sleep at night knowing compromise can happen no matter what political party controls the levers of power in Wisconsin.
The news out of Wisconsin made national headlines. Our governor managed to creatively edit the state budget to lock in school funding increases for the next four centuries.
The latest federal economic data is very good news. The polls, however, don’t reflect this positive data.
Our state has an aging population, declining birth rates and is facing, at best, neutral immigration — all of which will impact higher education and our workforce.
With the decision in the Brown vs. Board of Education case (1954), the Supreme Court ruled that “separate but equal” educational facilities for students were unconstitutional. While the decision was lauded for its declaration that separate but equal was unconstitutional, the high court did not give any guidance on how or when desegregation in public schools would take place.
And it is imposed institutionally by the United States government.
Baldwin cited in her introduction of the Equality Act that state legislatures have introduced nearly 500 pieces of anti-LGBTQ legislation, and Wisconsin is no exception.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at the possible GOP candidates to run against Dem U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin in 2024. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Evers previously said he’d deny relief for the 77,000 Wisconsin taxpayers in the top bracket. But it was surprising that he’d stiff-arm the 1.6 million households in the second-highest bracket.
A teacher’s firing for public comments about Waukesha censoring the song “Rainbowland” and a nearby school district’s ban on “safe spaces” are all part of a coordinated, Republican campaign, writes John Norcross.
Our Legislature is once again targeting transgender youth with Jim Crow-style proscription laws.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison, the flagship of the UW system, proudly operates the so-called Target of Opportunity Program. It allows academic departments to obtain waivers from the requirement to post job positions publicly and instead hire “diverse” candidates directly.
Mayor Johnson’s 20-year plan falls short of meeting President Biden’s promise to America that toxic lead service lines, banned in the United States in 1986, will be removed in 10 years.
The project received its final completion certification in January of this year, with the total cost estimated at $1.3 billion, all of it paid by the paper companies responsible for dumping the PCBs into the river.
The second biggest year in Wisconsin’s angel and venture capital economy was 2022. Don’t expect a repeat in 2023.
Taking stock of winners and losers after a protracted funding fight.
Imagine waking up one day and having your property taxes more than double because 85% of your neighbors have no obligation to pay.
A bill that would allow the mid-level providers to perform preventive and restorative procedures is expected to be introduced in the fall.
One of Governor Ever’s line-item vetoes in the new state budget eroded six months of hard work by a Washington County Task Force to come up with a pragmatic solution to the troubles facing its two-year colleges.
Wisconsin is not done with the need for veto reform.
New fair district maps would bring accountability back to government and help people sleep at night knowing compromise can happen no matter what political party controls the levers of power in Wisconsin.
The news out of Wisconsin made national headlines. Our governor managed to creatively edit the state budget to lock in school funding increases for the next four centuries.
The latest federal economic data is very good news. The polls, however, don’t reflect this positive data.
Our state has an aging population, declining birth rates and is facing, at best, neutral immigration — all of which will impact higher education and our workforce.
With the decision in the Brown vs. Board of Education case (1954), the Supreme Court ruled that “separate but equal” educational facilities for students were unconstitutional. While the decision was lauded for its declaration that separate but equal was unconstitutional, the high court did not give any guidance on how or when desegregation in public schools would take place.
And it is imposed institutionally by the United States government.
Baldwin cited in her introduction of the Equality Act that state legislatures have introduced nearly 500 pieces of anti-LGBTQ legislation, and Wisconsin is no exception.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, look at the possible GOP candidates to run against Dem U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin in 2024. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Evers previously said he’d deny relief for the 77,000 Wisconsin taxpayers in the top bracket. But it was surprising that he’d stiff-arm the 1.6 million households in the second-highest bracket.
A teacher’s firing for public comments about Waukesha censoring the song “Rainbowland” and a nearby school district’s ban on “safe spaces” are all part of a coordinated, Republican campaign, writes John Norcross.
Our Legislature is once again targeting transgender youth with Jim Crow-style proscription laws.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison, the flagship of the UW system, proudly operates the so-called Target of Opportunity Program. It allows academic departments to obtain waivers from the requirement to post job positions publicly and instead hire “diverse” candidates directly.
Mayor Johnson’s 20-year plan falls short of meeting President Biden’s promise to America that toxic lead service lines, banned in the United States in 1986, will be removed in 10 years.
The project received its final completion certification in January of this year, with the total cost estimated at $1.3 billion, all of it paid by the paper companies responsible for dumping the PCBs into the river.
The second biggest year in Wisconsin’s angel and venture capital economy was 2022. Don’t expect a repeat in 2023.
Taking stock of winners and losers after a protracted funding fight.
Imagine waking up one day and having your property taxes more than double because 85% of your neighbors have no obligation to pay.
A bill that would allow the mid-level providers to perform preventive and restorative procedures is expected to be introduced in the fall.
One of Governor Ever’s line-item vetoes in the new state budget eroded six months of hard work by a Washington County Task Force to come up with a pragmatic solution to the troubles facing its two-year colleges.
Wisconsin is not done with the need for veto reform.