Higher Prices, Mortgage Rates Hurt Home Affordability in Wisconsin
The Center Squareby Benjamin Yount Homes keep selling in Wisconsin but prices and the cost to get a mortgage are keeping some from being able to afford a new home. The…
Waukesha County DA Declines Charges in Brandtjen Campaign Finance Case
by Benjamin Yount Another local prosecutor declined to bring charges against a Republican state lawmaker in a campaign funding raising case. Waukesha County’s District Attorney Sue Opper said she…
Prosecutors Begin Laying Out Case Against Trump to Jury
Federal prosecutors on Monday began laying out what they say is election fraud in 2016 by former President Donald Trump. Trump, 77, is the first former U.S. president to be…
Multiple Bills Introduced in Congress to Defund NPR
Several U.S. House Republicans introduced multiple pieces of legislation to defund National Public Radio following new allegations of “leftist propaganda” from the taxpayer-funded news source. House Freedom Caucus Chair Bob…
Report: Wisconsin’s Finances in Best Shape in Decades
by Benjamin Yount A new report says Wisconsin is in its best fiscal position in decades. The Wisconsin Policy Forum released its latest report this week. It looks at…
Wisconsin’s Largest Business Group Sues over Evers’ 400-Year School Funding Veto
by Benjamin Yount There is now a legal challenge to Gov. Tony Evers’ 400-year school funding veto. The WMC Litigation Center on Monday asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to…
Wisconsin’s Largest Business Group Sues over Evers’ 400-Year School Funding Veto
by Benjamin Yount There is now a legal challenge to Gov. Tony Evers’ 400-year school funding veto. The WMC Litigation Center on Monday asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to…
Five Key Questions Ahead of Trump’s First Criminal Trial
Jury selection is set to begin Monday in the first-ever criminal trial of a former U.S. president. Former President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts related…
Wisconsin Directs Federal IDEA Funds Toward Racism, Equity Workshops
by Brendan Clarey A project housed under the Wisconsin Department of Education is using federal special education funds to pay speakers to provide instruction to teachers on race, equity…
State Bar of Wisconsin Changing Diversity Definition to End Discrimination Suit
by Benjamin Yount The State Bar of Wisconsin isn’t ending its diversity clerkship that faced a federal discrimination lawsuit, instead it is changing the definition of diversity. The State…