Dental Therapy: A cure for Wisconsin’s oral care woes
Mike NicholsBill 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…
What to do about progressive icon and eugenicist Charles Van Hise
UW-Madison finally grappling with how to tell the real story of its odious one-time leader For years, I’ve wondered when and how the University of Wisconsin-Madison would deal with the…
The Journal Sentinel gets its comeuppance
Local paper’s smear of Moms for Liberty noted in Wall Street Journal A recent one-sided smear by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel of the parental rights group Moms for Liberty was…
Let’s talk real facts about pot in Wisconsin
The vast majority of Wisconsinites have an opinion about whether pot should be legalized or not — but based on what? According to a Marquette Law School poll last fall,…
The Hop route is ‘expanding’ — why now?
Milwaukee 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…