The Evers administration should convene a rural summit with farm organizations and other stakeholders on vaccination, focusing on respectful engagement and addressing misinformation.

School shutdowns, mask mandates and the teaching of critical race theory have once again made school choice a priority in the state that pioneered it. Will Flanders of the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty and Jim Bender of School Choice Wisconsin join the Badger Institute’s “Free Exchange” podcast to discuss the future of education in the Badger State.

Nearly a decade after DACA executive order, action by Congress long overdue.

How many could easily vote for a gun in a classroom, but not a piece of fabric, in the name of student safety?

Gerrymandered maps essentially preserved the majority party’s political advantage for the last decade.

Soaring inflation and a worker shortage crisis — driven by out-of-control government spending and economy-stalling liberal policies — are costing Wisconsin good jobs.

More than 15 years later, it’s clear that ending local control of the minimum wage was a massive mistake.

A child has died of COVID in Wisconsin every 208 days, but a child has been murdered in Milwaukee once every two weeks. An additional 149 children have been injured in nonfatal shootings, meaning that a child is 65 times more likely to be shot or killed in Milwaukee than to die of COVID.

Some of the communities’ brightest thinkers and experienced experts have taken part in the discussions, a hallmark of the Idea Fest format.

Petition opposes Cardinal-Hickory Creek power line through wildlife refuge

States supporting Trump have much greater chance of COVID-19 deaths. Biden’s mandates bail out governors afraid to act.

Nearly three years since Evers took office, some 150 of his appointments have received no confirmation votes.

Kleefisch, in addition to Walker’s pro-big business, anti-worker stances, would bring right-wing extremism and intolerance to the governor’s office.

A year and a half after COVID-19 and Evers’ disastrous lockdown orders unleashed a flood of unemployment claims, lawmakers are still taking calls from constituents about delayed or frozen claims because they can’t get through to DWD.

Solar energy is already a growing part of the mix and will continue to expand. Whether a huge transition happens soon enough to make a difference is still at question.

It’s happening in DC, why not Wisconsin?

Since the Trump administration de-listed the wolf last January, some states — at the behest of radical groups and over the objections of responsible hunters and wildlife managers — have initiated wolf hunts that are scientifically unjustified and ethically wrong.