New Milwaukee Museum Remains More Than $90 Million Short
Jessica McBride 38 Jim PiwowarczykRead all of our investigative stories on the new museum here. The new Milwaukee “Public” Museum (which won’t really be owned by the public) is more than $90 million short…
Wisconsin Republicans Push Free Speech Protections for UW Schools
Ben Yount - The Center SquareRepublicans at the Wisconsin Capitol say students need free speech protections on University of Wisconsin campuses. The Assembly Committee on Colleges and University held a public hearing on a pair…
Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin Supports Castration, Sterilization Surgeries of Children
Jim PiwowarczykU.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin) has made it clear that she opposes a Wisconsin legislative bill that bans genital and other surgeries on transgender children, including castration and sterilization. Baldwin…
Brewer Stadium Funding Plan Faces Opposition in Wisconsin Senate
The plan to spend $500 million in taxpayer money on the Milwaukee Brewers’ stadium may look different once it gets through the Wisconsin Senate. A Senate panel held a hearing…
Mike Johnson Elected Speaker of the House After 3 Weeks of Infighting
The Center SquareThe U.S. House of Representatives voted Wednesday to elect Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., as speaker of the House, ending more than three weeks without a speaker and a string…
U.S.-Canada Border: Agents Apprehend More Illegal Crossers in Fiscal ’23 Than Previous 11 Years Combined
Bethany Blankley 124 The Center Square contributorIn the busiest U.S. Customs and Border Protection sector along the U.S.-Canada border, agents apprehended more illegal border crossers entering the U.S. in fiscal 2023 than they had in the…
Texas Sues Biden Administration Over Federal Efforts to ‘Destroy’ Border Fencing
The state of Texas and a free market policy group sued the Biden administration Tuesday in response to Border Patrol agents being directed to cut concertina wire fencing erected by…
Wisconsin Proposed Voter ID, Private Money Ban Amendments Get Hearing
There is traditional support for and opposition against a series of constitutional amendments that deal with voting in Wisconsin. The Joint Senate Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection and Assembly…
Why We Need Guns [Up Against the Wall]
Terrence R. WallTalk to Ukrainians. President Zelenskiy said early in the Russian invasion in 2022 that the government would “start issuing guns” to citizens who want to fight the Russians. In other…
War on Israel: Crush Iran Financially [Up Against the Wall]
Here’s my response to the War on Israel. Step 1: Open up the oil spigot to reduce the price of oil and crush Iran financially and make oil cheaper for…