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For decades, Wisconsin has been at the epicenter of the movement to privatize education, pushed by the Milwaukee-based Bradley Foundation, a mega-wealthy conservative foundation and early backer of Milwaukee’s first-in-the-nation school voucher program.
For all that has happened on the Milwaukee area education landscape in the last 35 years, great results have been delivered too infrequently.
Republican presidential candidates need to wake up and realize how far afield they are from the rest of the country on this issue.
So many young people have been sold a bill of goods on climate since they were young. We have to find ways to let them know that they’ve been told a lie.
With effects of climate change being seen across the globe, interest is reviving in nuclear fission as a source for clean, emissions-free power.
The women’s liberation movement had a bevy of female writers whose works created shifts in political and social circles alike. Here are five books by authors I found worthwhile.
The workers who live in our community are some of the hardest working, committed, skilled individuals in the entire state of Wisconsin.
It occurred to me this week that Laurel and Hardy’s travails could serve as a metaphor for the machinations surrounding the state Legislature that gerrymandering has saddled us with. Only Laurel and Hardy were funny; these guys are far from it.
The vast majority of Wisconsinites have an opinion about whether pot should be legalized or not — but based on what?
Top pay: $43 million for Harley’s CEO. Top pay in U.S.: Google exec’s $225 million!
She defends Democratic-run cities, including Madison.
Forcing Protasiewicz to recuse could doom fair maps and discourage informative judicial races.
Wolfe ceased being WEC’s administrator on July 1st and on August 15th, Wisconsin law required the Joint Committee on Legislative Organization to select an interim replacement, which is co-chaired by Senate President Chris Kapenga and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.
One of the key priorities for Legislative Republicans is making strong investments to give our students the resources they need to thrive.
Make college affordable again!
For National Black Business Month, investing in Wisconsin’s growth means investing in Black small businesses with the SBA.
New screening bill will help others catch it.
Rich Men North of Richmond has its rough spots, but it’s yet another lesson for Democrats and liberals about how blue collar voters think. You can be sure it’s another lesson that will go unlearned by the elites who run the party.
One thing Gableman, Wait and Chief Justice Ziegler all have in common is that they supported Trump’s challenge to the 2020 election results in Wisconsin.
Incarceration for cannabis-only crimes becomes still rarer, prison almost nonexistent.
For decades, Wisconsin has been at the epicenter of the movement to privatize education, pushed by the Milwaukee-based Bradley Foundation, a mega-wealthy conservative foundation and early backer of Milwaukee’s first-in-the-nation school voucher program.
For all that has happened on the Milwaukee area education landscape in the last 35 years, great results have been delivered too infrequently.
Republican presidential candidates need to wake up and realize how far afield they are from the rest of the country on this issue.
So many young people have been sold a bill of goods on climate since they were young. We have to find ways to let them know that they’ve been told a lie.
With effects of climate change being seen across the globe, interest is reviving in nuclear fission as a source for clean, emissions-free power.
The women’s liberation movement had a bevy of female writers whose works created shifts in political and social circles alike. Here are five books by authors I found worthwhile.
The workers who live in our community are some of the hardest working, committed, skilled individuals in the entire state of Wisconsin.
It occurred to me this week that Laurel and Hardy’s travails could serve as a metaphor for the machinations surrounding the state Legislature that gerrymandering has saddled us with. Only Laurel and Hardy were funny; these guys are far from it.
The vast majority of Wisconsinites have an opinion about whether pot should be legalized or not — but based on what?
Top pay: $43 million for Harley’s CEO. Top pay in U.S.: Google exec’s $225 million!
She defends Democratic-run cities, including Madison.
Forcing Protasiewicz to recuse could doom fair maps and discourage informative judicial races.
Wolfe ceased being WEC’s administrator on July 1st and on August 15th, Wisconsin law required the Joint Committee on Legislative Organization to select an interim replacement, which is co-chaired by Senate President Chris Kapenga and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.
One of the key priorities for Legislative Republicans is making strong investments to give our students the resources they need to thrive.
Make college affordable again!
For National Black Business Month, investing in Wisconsin’s growth means investing in Black small businesses with the SBA.
New screening bill will help others catch it.
Rich Men North of Richmond has its rough spots, but it’s yet another lesson for Democrats and liberals about how blue collar voters think. You can be sure it’s another lesson that will go unlearned by the elites who run the party.
One thing Gableman, Wait and Chief Justice Ziegler all have in common is that they supported Trump’s challenge to the 2020 election results in Wisconsin.
Incarceration for cannabis-only crimes becomes still rarer, prison almost nonexistent.