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While details remain to be worked out, one thing is clear about whatever transportation package Gov. Tony Evers eventually signs: it won’t be enough.
Attacks on Madison have become commonplace in Scott Walker’s speeches.
Average top exec earned $34.4 million in 2018 — 660 times the average worker’s pay.
Foxconn and Wisconsin happen to be a major example of how a new niche of consultants called “site selectors” pit communities against each other in multi-state bidding wars to maximize tax breaks, grants, land deals and other incentives.
Republican legislative leaders are quietly trading ideas on ways to boost transportation spending without raising the 30.9-cent per gallon gas tax, which hasn’t been increased since 2006.
Rural Wisconsin and its farmers are on the edge. And, Trump’s razzle-dazzle can’t mask the misery and pain.
An English teacher in Kenosha County is concerned that a lawsuit to overturn Act 10 will force her to join a union and restrict her classroom teaching.
As Madison schools consider how best to teach students about healthy relationships and safe sexual activity, the rest of the state should follow suit. Every student in Wisconsin will benefit.
The column below reflects the views of the author, and these opinions are neither endorsed nor supported by WisOpinion.com. As a former first grade teacher, I recognize first-hand the importance of providing adequate funding for our education system. Schools
The column below reflects the views of the author, and these opinions are neither endorsed nor supported by WisOpinion.com. Our state’s license plates proudly read “America’s Dairyland”. Football fans often wear foam cheese heads at Green Bay Packer games.
The column below reflects the views of the author, and these opinions are neither endorsed nor supported by WisOpinion.com. What words come to mind when you think about firefighters and paramedics? Strength, courage, and dedication of course – but
The column below reflects the views of the author, and these opinions are neither endorsed nor supported by WisOpinion.com. Wisconsin Court of Appeals Judge Brian Hagedorn very narrowly won the State Supreme Court election on April 2nd to replace retiring former Chief
On May 9, the Republican chairs of the Wisconsin Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee — Rep. John Nygren, R-Marinette, and Sen. Alberta Hills, R-River Hills — at the direction of GOP legislative leaders, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, and Senate Majority
The column below reflects the views of the author, and these opinions are neither endorsed nor supported by WisOpinion.com. Wisconsin can’t be rid of NAFTA soon enough. Our country and our state have suffered under that deeply flawed
A combination of workforce challenges, inadequate Medicaid rates, and facility closures or downsizings are jeopardizing the future viability of Wisconsin’s nursing facilities and access to high quality care and services in Wisconsin. The effect of these challenges is alarming.
MADISON, Wis. — With the city of Madison and its metropolitan area popping up consistently in national rankings on economic vitality, many people would assume all is well in the seven other counties that make up the Madison Region Economic
We’ve done it before…and we can do it again Earlier this spring, the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership held a transportation conference that brought together academics and policy leaders from across the state to discuss the transportation
The column below reflects the views of the author, and these opinions are neither endorsed nor supported by WisOpinion.com. Underlying partisan gridlock and venom in Washington, D.C. (and Madison) is the collapse of the Republican Party. The GOP has
While details remain to be worked out, one thing is clear about whatever transportation package Gov. Tony Evers eventually signs: it won’t be enough.
Attacks on Madison have become commonplace in Scott Walker’s speeches.
Average top exec earned $34.4 million in 2018 — 660 times the average worker’s pay.
Foxconn and Wisconsin happen to be a major example of how a new niche of consultants called “site selectors” pit communities against each other in multi-state bidding wars to maximize tax breaks, grants, land deals and other incentives.
Republican legislative leaders are quietly trading ideas on ways to boost transportation spending without raising the 30.9-cent per gallon gas tax, which hasn’t been increased since 2006.
Rural Wisconsin and its farmers are on the edge. And, Trump’s razzle-dazzle can’t mask the misery and pain.
An English teacher in Kenosha County is concerned that a lawsuit to overturn Act 10 will force her to join a union and restrict her classroom teaching.
As Madison schools consider how best to teach students about healthy relationships and safe sexual activity, the rest of the state should follow suit. Every student in Wisconsin will benefit.
The column below reflects the views of the author, and these opinions are neither endorsed nor supported by WisOpinion.com. As a former first grade teacher, I recognize first-hand the importance of providing adequate funding for our education system. Schools
The column below reflects the views of the author, and these opinions are neither endorsed nor supported by WisOpinion.com. Our state’s license plates proudly read “America’s Dairyland”. Football fans often wear foam cheese heads at Green Bay Packer games.
The column below reflects the views of the author, and these opinions are neither endorsed nor supported by WisOpinion.com. What words come to mind when you think about firefighters and paramedics? Strength, courage, and dedication of course – but
The column below reflects the views of the author, and these opinions are neither endorsed nor supported by WisOpinion.com. Wisconsin Court of Appeals Judge Brian Hagedorn very narrowly won the State Supreme Court election on April 2nd to replace retiring former Chief
On May 9, the Republican chairs of the Wisconsin Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee — Rep. John Nygren, R-Marinette, and Sen. Alberta Hills, R-River Hills — at the direction of GOP legislative leaders, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, and Senate Majority
The column below reflects the views of the author, and these opinions are neither endorsed nor supported by WisOpinion.com. Wisconsin can’t be rid of NAFTA soon enough. Our country and our state have suffered under that deeply flawed
A combination of workforce challenges, inadequate Medicaid rates, and facility closures or downsizings are jeopardizing the future viability of Wisconsin’s nursing facilities and access to high quality care and services in Wisconsin. The effect of these challenges is alarming.
MADISON, Wis. — With the city of Madison and its metropolitan area popping up consistently in national rankings on economic vitality, many people would assume all is well in the seven other counties that make up the Madison Region Economic
We’ve done it before…and we can do it again Earlier this spring, the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership held a transportation conference that brought together academics and policy leaders from across the state to discuss the transportation
The column below reflects the views of the author, and these opinions are neither endorsed nor supported by WisOpinion.com. Underlying partisan gridlock and venom in Washington, D.C. (and Madison) is the collapse of the Republican Party. The GOP has