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A health system that has served most of the rest of the civilized world quite well the past many decades at relatively half the cost that Americans spend has been demonized as unworkable and hopelessly unaffordable.
Republicans in the Legislature tried to help ease the shortage of certified nursing assistants with a common-sense bill, but the Democrats opposed it every step of the way, culminating with Gov. Tony Evers vetoing the entire bill.
Voters in the financially troubled Palmyra-Eagle Area School District have made it clear they want the public school system to dissolve.
Charges ethnic festivals more rent than it pays city, like “a greedy landlord,” alderman charges.
Lawmakers push for cursive writing requirement while ignoring real education needs.
Ron Johnson hasn’t gained the notoriety McCarthy’s “Red Scare” produced back in the 1950s, but he’s obviously working on it.
Before Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman delivered damning testimony about Trump’s wrongdoing to the House Intelligence Committee, he was the subject of a crude and dishonest attack by Johnson.
Mike Nichols of the Badger Institute and David Ditch of the Heritage Foundation talk about out-of-control spending on wasteful projects, and the impact this has on federalism and state sovereignty.
Milwaukee County has been using data-driven decision making for years to lower crime rates and jail time. Too bad the vendor, Justice Point, struggles to provide even the most basic data about its work. Meanwhile, FBI data shows crime has skyrocketed since the county started on this path
Done by UW-Madison researchers, the “Burden of Binge Drinking” report estimated its 2018 cost at $3.9 billion—or about $660 for every Wisconsin resident.
This new battle over Thanksgiving is just the latest front in an ongoing war on American heritage—from its history to its traditions to its very culture itself. This year, let’s be thankful that there are still Americans willing to fight to preserve them.
The column below reflects the views of the author, and these opinions are neither endorsed nor supported by WisOpinion.com. I have been reluctant to support impeachment of Trump. Only 8 federal officials have ever been impeached by the House (majority
As the U.S. House of Representatives conducts its impeachment inquiry, the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider the political impact on U.S. Rep. Ron Kind’s reelection chances in 2020. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
Even failed and troubled ones like the Job Corps training centers are nearly impossible to shut down.
It was only four years ago that we editorially insisted that Rep. John Nygren and fellow Finance Committee co-chair Alberta Darling had “shamed themselves,” following a brazen attempt, initiated in the JFC, to effectively gut the state’s long-standing openness law without so much as a public hearing or debate.
We need a new UW System President who truly understands the real economy and how education fits into it, and we won’t get one unless we have an intellectually nimble, truly diverse set of interests represented on the search committee.
Keep a snowmobile trail out of Blue Mound State Park.
There is no scientific evidence that cursive writing surpasses printing as it relates to childhood learning and development.
The data is now overwhelming on the positive effect in states that did so.
Milwaukee taxpayers would face a disastrous increase in property taxes, shaking down $640 million in additional annual spending to operate Milwaukee Public Schools, under a scenario contemplated by an ad hoc education referendum committee.
A health system that has served most of the rest of the civilized world quite well the past many decades at relatively half the cost that Americans spend has been demonized as unworkable and hopelessly unaffordable.
Republicans in the Legislature tried to help ease the shortage of certified nursing assistants with a common-sense bill, but the Democrats opposed it every step of the way, culminating with Gov. Tony Evers vetoing the entire bill.
Voters in the financially troubled Palmyra-Eagle Area School District have made it clear they want the public school system to dissolve.
Charges ethnic festivals more rent than it pays city, like “a greedy landlord,” alderman charges.
Lawmakers push for cursive writing requirement while ignoring real education needs.
Ron Johnson hasn’t gained the notoriety McCarthy’s “Red Scare” produced back in the 1950s, but he’s obviously working on it.
Before Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman delivered damning testimony about Trump’s wrongdoing to the House Intelligence Committee, he was the subject of a crude and dishonest attack by Johnson.
Mike Nichols of the Badger Institute and David Ditch of the Heritage Foundation talk about out-of-control spending on wasteful projects, and the impact this has on federalism and state sovereignty.
Milwaukee County has been using data-driven decision making for years to lower crime rates and jail time. Too bad the vendor, Justice Point, struggles to provide even the most basic data about its work. Meanwhile, FBI data shows crime has skyrocketed since the county started on this path
Done by UW-Madison researchers, the “Burden of Binge Drinking” report estimated its 2018 cost at $3.9 billion—or about $660 for every Wisconsin resident.
This new battle over Thanksgiving is just the latest front in an ongoing war on American heritage—from its history to its traditions to its very culture itself. This year, let’s be thankful that there are still Americans willing to fight to preserve them.
The column below reflects the views of the author, and these opinions are neither endorsed nor supported by WisOpinion.com. I have been reluctant to support impeachment of Trump. Only 8 federal officials have ever been impeached by the House (majority
As the U.S. House of Representatives conducts its impeachment inquiry, the WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, consider the political impact on U.S. Rep. Ron Kind’s reelection chances in 2020. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and Michael Best Strategies.
Even failed and troubled ones like the Job Corps training centers are nearly impossible to shut down.
It was only four years ago that we editorially insisted that Rep. John Nygren and fellow Finance Committee co-chair Alberta Darling had “shamed themselves,” following a brazen attempt, initiated in the JFC, to effectively gut the state’s long-standing openness law without so much as a public hearing or debate.
We need a new UW System President who truly understands the real economy and how education fits into it, and we won’t get one unless we have an intellectually nimble, truly diverse set of interests represented on the search committee.
Keep a snowmobile trail out of Blue Mound State Park.
There is no scientific evidence that cursive writing surpasses printing as it relates to childhood learning and development.
The data is now overwhelming on the positive effect in states that did so.
Milwaukee taxpayers would face a disastrous increase in property taxes, shaking down $640 million in additional annual spending to operate Milwaukee Public Schools, under a scenario contemplated by an ad hoc education referendum committee.
