MPS finally puts cops back in crime-ridden schools
Badger InstituteWhat took them so long? Years after we first reported on daily calls to police from MPS high schools, the Milwaukee Public Schools finally obeyed a judge’s order and placed…
Why support a pro-nuclear resolution?
Download the fact sheet Facts for Wisconsin citizens and legislators Situation now Click to expand Nuclear provides 16% of all electricity generated in Wisconsin. Down from 24% in 1990. Coal:…
Federal government inaction leaves uranium along Lake Michigan
Patrick McIlheranThere are free-market solutions to storing or using spent nuclear fuel All the uranium used in the past half-century at Wisconsin’s Point Beach Nuclear Plant, a bit over 1,000 metric…
Teacher morale comparatively low in Wisconsin
They want more colleagues and strict rules on cell phones Wisconsin was one of the lowest-ranked states in a state-by-state index of teacher morale released by the news outlet Education…
Wisconsin should prohibit purchase of candy and soft drinks with FoodShare
SNAP is a larded, sugary mess State Sen. Chris Kapenga and Rep. Clint Moses are seeking support for legislation that would prohibit Wisconsin’s 700,000 FoodShare recipients from buying Snickers bars…
Emergency responders can’t find a place to live close to where they save lives
Mark LisheronContinuing a series on housing in the Badger State, Out of reach: Wisconsin’s housing crisis and hope for the American Dream. Door County is among spots where housing is beyond reach…
Houses have taken a sharp turn toward unaffordable for typical Wisconsin household
Wyatt EichholzPart of a series on the cost of homes in Wisconsin. Previously: A tiny house in the land of lakes and giant prices. Household must earn $108,000 to afford median home…
Mobile taxpayers would decide whether Evers’ dream of higher taxes is ‘fair’
Governor talks of new 9.8% top rate — one that would wallop businesses that don’t flee When Gov. Tony Evers announced he would wallop Wisconsinites with more than $2 billion…
Scouts hope Gov. Evers will have change of heart on school access
Bill sailed through both chambers last year Scouting leaders say they’re hoping that legislation granting them a few minutes for a recruiting talk at the start of Wisconsin public schools’…
For now, a tiny house in a land of lakes and giant prices
First in a series on housing in the Badger State, Out of reach: Wisconsin’s housing crisis and hope for the American Dream. Soaring prices in Vilas County make moving hard…