Investments in UW System will support Wisconsin’s workforce needs.

As I reflect on my 41 years in education, I am reminded of how crucial it is for all young people to have the supports and resources they need to be successful in school and life.

A recent commentary in the Daily News reported that I implied in a recent column “that, perhaps the two-year colleges were no longer a necessary part of the University System.” I must have been unclear in what I wrote because just the opposite is true about how I look at the future of the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee at Washington County.

The governor is campaigning on a tax cut neither he nor most Wisconsinites wanted — that’s nothing to get hot and bothered about

Wisconsin’s unemployment rate has steadily increased, and a record number of job openings have been posted. This is obviously enough data for Evers to have pulled the plug on enhanced benefits, but he feigned ignorance and kept the gravy train rolling—all but ensuring a jobless summer.

Endorsements by three progressive groups could help him win the party activists.

If Barnes felt the pressure to say he got a degree when he hadn’t, what does that say about our society? Because, of course, it made zero difference.

The repeal of the stepped-up basis by imposing capital gains taxes at death would force many family-owned farms and ranches to liquidate assets to cover the tax burden and would be the final blow to many family farms.

Opposition ignores benefits for state taxpayers, budget and low-wage workers.

As Congress continues work on the Jack Reynolds Memorial Medigap Expansion Act, I hope that our elected officials in Washington like Rep. Scott Fitzegerald, Sen. Ron Johnson, Sen. Tammy Baldwin and others help to pass this bill and make life on dialysis a bit easier for some of the dialysis patients throughout the U.S. who are struggling just to get by.

As part of a new nationwide campaign, Obesity Care Now, we are calling on Congress to pass the Treat & Reduce Obesity Act.

Taking a longitudinal look at housing issues tells me that clearly we are moving in the wrong direction. Housing as a wealth producer has continued to be significantly less accessible for Blacks and the harms are long-term and produce ongoing challenges.

The city of Kewaunee’s government battles have escalated, with the mayor going after the personal emails of a new city council member.

Julia Taylor grew the budget and staff and grants. But what exactly was accomplished?

Just after U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson was caught telling a Wisconsin Republican Women’s luncheon that climate change is “bull—-,” a barrage of research was released warning of new dangers to the earth’s environment.

As billionaires jockey with each other into the stars, urgent issues intensify here on Earth, like climate change, affordable health care and the survival of working families.

The Child Tax Credit is a game changer. For the duration of this year, parents can breathe a little easier. There will be money for school clothes, dental appointments, shoes and maybe a music class.

To ensure the best and brightest futures for our kids, adequate resources matter greatly.

At a time when the notion of America as the land of opportunity for all is often dismissed as fiction, a poor kid from Greece wrote his own fairytale ending.