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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.
To say that spending in MPS isn’t keeping up with other nearby districts is simply not defensible.
Would mean a massive new federal investment in public schools.
GateHouse purchase of Gannett is dreadful news for local and national journalism.
New deals like the U.S.-Japan Trade Agreement or the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement currently before Congress are wins for our country, our state, and our neighbors.
The bills honor the service and heroism of a young veteran who gave his life for his country. It does so by directing the Department of Transportation to designate 9.5 miles of State Highway 33 that lie in the 81st Assembly District and the 27th Senate District as the Staff Sergeant Daniel D. Busch Memorial Highway.
The Cap Times and the Madison chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists will partner to create a scholarship that will help three young journalists follow the trail that Pat blazed with the deeply held belief that journalism can make a difference — that it can make the world a better place by challenging the systems and institutions that too often benefit the comfortable at the expense of the vulnerable.
The Lower Wisconsin Riverway is an outstanding example of the good people of Wisconsin living up to our stewardship obligation.
The big money people who have been free to plunder the country’s working class are all worked up about Warren’s plans to hold them accountable and require them to pay a fair share of taxes like most other Americans.
By moving forward with price transparency nationwide, the Trump administration is working toward a day when all Americans can enjoy these potential savings.
He needs to tone down the harsh rhetoric. It’s only adding to the divisiveness. We’re happier with the Governor’s decision to issue executive orders as a way to get something done in light of an obstructionist legislative majority.
If you love freedom and the rights afforded every American under the constitution, consider yourself warned: The only thing standing between Gov. Tony Evers and your right to keep and bear arms is the GOP majority in the Wisconsin Legislature.
Municipalities cannot just ignore gun laws from state and federal governments.
Since taking office, Trump has been an anchor on Republican electoral prospects.
I am grateful to U.S. Reps. Mark Pocan, James Sensenbrenner and Ron Kind for cosponsoring the “Safe Step Act,” and I urge the rest of the Wisconsin congressional delegation to likewise support this needed protection.
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.
To say that spending in MPS isn’t keeping up with other nearby districts is simply not defensible.
Would mean a massive new federal investment in public schools.
GateHouse purchase of Gannett is dreadful news for local and national journalism.
New deals like the U.S.-Japan Trade Agreement or the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement currently before Congress are wins for our country, our state, and our neighbors.
The bills honor the service and heroism of a young veteran who gave his life for his country. It does so by directing the Department of Transportation to designate 9.5 miles of State Highway 33 that lie in the 81st Assembly District and the 27th Senate District as the Staff Sergeant Daniel D. Busch Memorial Highway.
The Cap Times and the Madison chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists will partner to create a scholarship that will help three young journalists follow the trail that Pat blazed with the deeply held belief that journalism can make a difference — that it can make the world a better place by challenging the systems and institutions that too often benefit the comfortable at the expense of the vulnerable.
The Lower Wisconsin Riverway is an outstanding example of the good people of Wisconsin living up to our stewardship obligation.
The big money people who have been free to plunder the country’s working class are all worked up about Warren’s plans to hold them accountable and require them to pay a fair share of taxes like most other Americans.
By moving forward with price transparency nationwide, the Trump administration is working toward a day when all Americans can enjoy these potential savings.
He needs to tone down the harsh rhetoric. It’s only adding to the divisiveness. We’re happier with the Governor’s decision to issue executive orders as a way to get something done in light of an obstructionist legislative majority.
If you love freedom and the rights afforded every American under the constitution, consider yourself warned: The only thing standing between Gov. Tony Evers and your right to keep and bear arms is the GOP majority in the Wisconsin Legislature.
Municipalities cannot just ignore gun laws from state and federal governments.
Since taking office, Trump has been an anchor on Republican electoral prospects.
I am grateful to U.S. Reps. Mark Pocan, James Sensenbrenner and Ron Kind for cosponsoring the “Safe Step Act,” and I urge the rest of the Wisconsin congressional delegation to likewise support this needed protection.