Many MPS students are chronically absent
Mike NicholsMany — if not most — kids counted as enrolled in the Milwaukee Public Schools miss at least three weeks of class throughout the year. In some schools, nearly all…
Another reason to vote no on MPS’s big $252 million referendum
The Milwaukee Public Schools Board of Directors has scheduled an April referendum asking voters to authorize an additional $252 million in funding — a tough sell in a district with…
Lock up the tortfeasors!
And other slogans that will never win you a judicial election An explanation of why Wisconsin needs business courts As of last August, there were 261 circuit court judges in…
A practical path out of poverty
Education, work, marriage, then kids — still the best, though not only, sequence It’s hard to rise up — especially when you’re a single mom with a newborn — but…
Badger Institute’s response to Wisconsin Right Now
Jessica McBride and Jim Piwowarczyk noted in a Wisconsin Right Now piece they ran Monday that Jeremiah Mosteller, a Badger Institute visiting fellow working on our “real facts” policy briefs,…
The real world intrudes for a moment at UW-Madison
How about some real diversity instead of the DEI sham that demonstrably does not help Black students? I don’t want to get in the way of the decent idea finally…
Government gets its cut of the Christmas tree trade
And it came to pass that the whole world should be taxed (or charged a fee) — unfortunately When it comes to Christmas, you gotta love little cities like Abbotsford.…
Dental Therapy: A cure for Wisconsin’s oral care woes
Bill to license mid-level providers could make its biggest splash in underserved parts of state — and open up opportunities for young people Sometimes it takes decades for common sense…
Congressman Steil tries to save City of Milwaukee from further waste and embarrassment
Congressman Bryan Steil is still waiting to hear back from U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg about his request to please make it clear Milwaukee does not have to…
Federal strings determined the timing of Hop’s unfinished L-Line
Grant conditions were satisfied by streetcar’s Sunday-only route through construction site Milwaukee city officials are going to run their streetcars, part of the $128 million Hop, through a closed construction…