The Hop route is ‘expanding’ — why now?
Mike NicholsMilwaukee officials are opening a new line on Sundays, only during the coldest months of the year The City of Milwaukee announced this week that it is building out a…
What Americans believe about the American Dream
And some Wisconsinites who overcame adversity to achieve it Wisconsin’s kids are starting to return to classrooms, and I’ve been thinking about what a longtime school reformer told me a…
SNAP is a larded, sugary mess
Unfortunately, Congress appears too unhealthy to fix it The subject line of the email from the disabled North Woods doctor receiving some temporary government assistance read “Food Stamps,” which is…
Sorry, but retirees shouldn’t get special tax treatment
Neutrality is the best policy for Wisconsin Two Republican legislators are circulating a bill that would virtually eliminate all income taxes on retirees. It’s an effort to keep older spenders…
Wisconsin needs an explicit constitutional amendment to rein in gubernatorial goofiness
Evers’ school funding partial veto may well hold up in court I see that Greenland sharks can live 400 years — almost as long as Tony Evers’ spending plan for…
Why — and how — Gov. Evers should sign off on Wisconsin’s big tax cuts
First the “why.” The plan passed by Joint Finance late Thursday saves taxpayers $3.5 billion over two years, money that came from them in the first place because they’re currently…
The other problem with UW DEI programs: They don’t work
If the vast UW System Diversity, Equity and Inclusion effort — which costs approximately $32 million biennially — is so necessary, why is it such a failure? The stated mission…
Wisconsin (and Iowa) Can Rule
America is choosing sides and Wisconsin — given the lurch to the left along its borders — can greatly benefit. Minnesota, Illinois and Michigan are all now among America’s 17 thoroughly…
From the desk of Mike Nichols
An update on our legislative progress in Madison The biggest policy decisions in the Badger State are typically made during budget deliberations in the first six months of odd-numbered years…
At home with politically incorrect language
I suppose I’ll be accused of being unkind, uncouth or maybe even unhinged, but why in the world does the La Crosse Tribune feel compelled to write about the “unhoused”?…