Education Watch: Why We Have a Teacher Shortage
Evan HafenbreadlFrom Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction: Only 54% of potential elementary school teachers pass the final reading test and become a teacher, an all-time low. Only 34% of non-White graduates…
Explain It To Me: 2023-2025 State Budget Address
Additional context from IRG’s Policy Analyst, Patrick Hughes: What happened? On Wednesday, Governor Evers gave his budget address to the legislature and released the proposed 2023-2025 biennial budget. This speech…
SD Rep’s Tweet Receives Backlash
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IRG Releases Comprehensive Analysis of Gov. Evers’ 2023-2025 Budget
Rusty SchultzDelafield, WI – Today, the policy team at the Institute for Reforming Government released its summary analysis on Governor Evers’ proposed 2023-2025 budget, highlighting how it impacts families in areas…
Nine Companies Win Wisconsin Manufacturer of the Year Awards
Nick NovakMILWAUKEE – Nine Wisconsin companies were declared winners of the 34th annual Wisconsin Manufacturer of the Year (MOTY) Awards for outstanding achievements in manufacturing. The winners, announced Thursday, Feb. 16,…
Mr. McSpendy Strikes Again
Geez. Gov. Evers’ 2023-2025 budget would spend $103.8 over the biennium, a nearly 18% increase in spending for the first year and 0.8% during the second year. His proposal comes…
Vos: Gov. Evers Has Made Brewers’ Stadium Funding Deal More Difficult
Ben YountThe top Republican in the Wisconsin Assembly sounds as if he is confident that lawmakers will find some money to repair American Family Field and keep the Brewers in Milwaukee,…
Fox 6 Edited Out All Questions About Milwaukee Public Museum’s Finances
Jessica McBride 38 Jim PiwowarczykTOP FACTS Alexandra Hahnfeld’s grandfather was a curator of the Milwaukee Public Museum’s European Village exhibit, and she is trying to save it, launching a petition drive with her sisters.…
Progressives are not in their prime
David BlaskaHow did we ever lose to these guys? Imagine your average Madison alder saying something like this: “Mayor Satya Rhodes Conway isn’t in her prime. Sorry, when a woman is…
Family finds education freedom a “godsend”
Michael JahrLisa and Jack McCloskey of Watertown know firsthand how critical it is for Wisconsin parents to have educational options. They home-schooled their three boys: Collin and Shaun, who are serving…