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The refusal of the Trump Administration to address the overwhelming number of guns on the streets of Chicago is proof that what is about to happen is a racially divisive, partisan scheme, and has nothing to do with stopping crimes.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider the candidates vying for Wisconsin’s open governorship in 2026. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Almost 60,000 students take part in Wisconsin’s private school choice program that was pioneered in 1990 by the state of Wisconsin.
About 70% of school districts across the state are starting the year with less money in the budget than they got in the last, austerity-level biennial budget deal.
Data and anecdotal evidence show a growing problem with work ethic.
Climate change is directly making our quality of life worse.
GOP leaders told Van Orden to kill the clean energy tax credits to pay for tax breaks for billionaires. And like always, he did exactly what they said.
Speaking your mind could get you arrested in Britain
As we approach America’s 250th birthday next July, Trump scolds the nation’s memory-keepers for dwelling on “how bad slavery was.”
Why she quit the high court race and what it tells us about Wisconsin politics. Wisconsin apartment rentals.
In a trend spanning multiple levels of government and political parties, public officials are increasingly avoiding answering inconvenient questions about matters of public concern.
When funding is slashed, it’s not just music or art that disappears. It’s opportunity, dignity and confidence in the ideal of education for all. When that commitment cracks, it’s not just the vulnerable who fall through. It’s every student.
In its reticence to act, Wisconsin is not avoiding some moral panic or ineffective fad. It’s falling behind an urgent trend for the good of students.
PragerU bought a full page ad in the New York Times with 34 questions that make up its so-called ‘woke’ teacher screening test.
Police AWOL as mobs go wild on downtown Milwaukee streets
Wisconsin native Sean Duffy, transportation secretary and acting NASA administrator, recently issued a directive for the United States to “move quickly” on building reactors on the moon before “terrestrial rivals” beat America to it.
There are six excellent Idea Fest sessions, three produced by event sponsors, that can be viewed for free.
he Capital Times Idea Fest kicks off next Monday. This weeklong program is not a robust contest of ideas like Bill Buckley once hosted on his televised Firing Line. More like a Members Only, progressive treehouse.
Six candidates, including two for governor, appear at corn roast. How did their messages vary?
Flooding city streets with troops may provide a fleeting sense of order, but it does little to address the root causes of crime, which include poverty, lack of opportunity, systemic inequities, inadequate healthcare systems, and the erosion of trust between communities and law enforcement.
The refusal of the Trump Administration to address the overwhelming number of guns on the streets of Chicago is proof that what is about to happen is a racially divisive, partisan scheme, and has nothing to do with stopping crimes.
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider the candidates vying for Wisconsin’s open governorship in 2026. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.
Almost 60,000 students take part in Wisconsin’s private school choice program that was pioneered in 1990 by the state of Wisconsin.
About 70% of school districts across the state are starting the year with less money in the budget than they got in the last, austerity-level biennial budget deal.
Data and anecdotal evidence show a growing problem with work ethic.
Climate change is directly making our quality of life worse.
GOP leaders told Van Orden to kill the clean energy tax credits to pay for tax breaks for billionaires. And like always, he did exactly what they said.
Speaking your mind could get you arrested in Britain
As we approach America’s 250th birthday next July, Trump scolds the nation’s memory-keepers for dwelling on “how bad slavery was.”
Why she quit the high court race and what it tells us about Wisconsin politics. Wisconsin apartment rentals.
In a trend spanning multiple levels of government and political parties, public officials are increasingly avoiding answering inconvenient questions about matters of public concern.
When funding is slashed, it’s not just music or art that disappears. It’s opportunity, dignity and confidence in the ideal of education for all. When that commitment cracks, it’s not just the vulnerable who fall through. It’s every student.
In its reticence to act, Wisconsin is not avoiding some moral panic or ineffective fad. It’s falling behind an urgent trend for the good of students.
PragerU bought a full page ad in the New York Times with 34 questions that make up its so-called ‘woke’ teacher screening test.
Police AWOL as mobs go wild on downtown Milwaukee streets
Wisconsin native Sean Duffy, transportation secretary and acting NASA administrator, recently issued a directive for the United States to “move quickly” on building reactors on the moon before “terrestrial rivals” beat America to it.
There are six excellent Idea Fest sessions, three produced by event sponsors, that can be viewed for free.
he Capital Times Idea Fest kicks off next Monday. This weeklong program is not a robust contest of ideas like Bill Buckley once hosted on his televised Firing Line. More like a Members Only, progressive treehouse.
Six candidates, including two for governor, appear at corn roast. How did their messages vary?
Flooding city streets with troops may provide a fleeting sense of order, but it does little to address the root causes of crime, which include poverty, lack of opportunity, systemic inequities, inadequate healthcare systems, and the erosion of trust between communities and law enforcement.
