MPS has forced high-performing public schools to seek other authorizers. Recently, there were 12,255 public school students enrolled in schools authorized by the City of Milwaukee or UW-Milwaukee.

Some things to consider: A grocer cannot survive if theft becomes routine ‘cost of doing business.’ And Incentivize smaller-format, lower-overhead grocery models.

Why the American Dream is becoming impossible in Wisconsin.

Tiffany says he will seek waiver to end program in seven Wisconsin counties.

Chris Taylor will be the next Wisconsin Supreme Court justice. The political stars just align that way. But she won’t do it with my vote. Nor will I vote for the conservative on offer, Maria Lazar.

Brenda Cassellius has completed her first year as superintendent of Milwaukee Public Schools, tackling numerous inherited issues.

Why did the president’s address to the nation last night leave us colder than yesterday’s oatmeal?

Tom Howatt, who rose up as the son of a Scottish immigrant to become President and CEO of Wausau Paper, a preeminent leader of Wisconsin’s business community and an exceedingly generous philanthropist, has died at the age of 76 after a two-year battle with ALS.

Wisconsin households have been feeling the sting of rising electricity bills, driven by colder winters and higher natural gas prices and the explosive growth of cloud computing and artificial intelligence threatens to drive prices higher.

A moratorium on the firing of humans because of artificial intelligence would create valuable space and time for lawmakers confronted with the reality of what’s known as the Collingridge dilemma.

It took fourteen months, a mountain of ignored requests, the retention of a respected public policy legal powerhouse and a formal intervention by the Wisconsin Attorney General to finally see more of the picture. But now that the Department of Public Instruction has been forced to open its books, the picture emerging is one of calculated stonewalling and staggering taxpayer expense.

The most important tip is to not be intimidated by the process: There are no magic words required to trigger your right to get records, and the law must be interpreted broadly in favor of access.

Whether or not the university formally adopts IHRA, the logic is already at work. And that logic is corrosive, because it places students — especially Palestinian, Arab, Muslim and allied students — in a position where their political speech is preemptively shadowed by suspicion.

When young Black boys see leaders, mentors and professionals who look like them, it changes what they believe is possible. Mentorship helps build confidence. It gives young people direction. And it reminds them that they are not alone.

“Look before you leap” never made more sense.

Attorney General Josh Kaul’s hiring of environmental lawyers from outside Wisconsin has spurred a partisan dispute in the State Legislature.

It’s time to do what must be done to protect Wisconsin’s kids from online sexual exploitation. All Wisconsinites should urge Gov. Tony Evers to sign Assembly Bill 105 into law without delay.

Sen. Mark Spreitzer and Rep. Clinton Anderson, both Beloit Democrats, are introducing legislation that would allow local communities to set residency requirements for the highest-ranking appointed individuals.

Local leaders need to create a plan to incorporate a SEED School, which adopt a boarding school model for at-risk youths.

If you can’t name a road after the martyred most influential Christian evangelist and conservative political influencer of this century in the most conservative county in Wisconsin, it’s a fair bet you won’t be able to do it anywhere.