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David BlaskaWelcome to Lake Woebegone (Where everything ‘meets expectations’) Every so often, The Werkes attempts to be even-handed. (Why does it hurt when we do that?) But did anyone read Jill…
USDA Hands Out $93 Million to Wisconsin Businesses for Renewable Energy Projects
The Center Squareby Thérèse Boudreaux The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded $93 million to Wisconsin business owners to install solar panels and other renewable energy projects in rural pockets across…
Milwaukee Hospital Provides Transgender Surgeries
Sierra JohnDaily Signal reports that the medical nonprofit watchdog Do No Harm launched a database of two hundred twenty-five hospitals around the nation that provide sex-change surgeries, puberty blockers, and/or hormone…
Illegal Immigrant Led Stoughton Police on 116 MPH Chase in Stolen Car: Complaint
Jim PiwowarczykMario Paguada Cruz is accused of leading Stoughton, Wisconsin, police on a high-speed pursuit that spanned 11 miles and reached top speeds of 116 MPH in a stolen car. He…
Government overregulation stymies broadband buildout in rural Wisconsin
Mark LisheronPricey federal plan produces no results yet; observers down on prospects Government overregulation is imperiling the start of a $1 billion plan to expand broadband service to the hardest-to-reach places…
AEI report: Harris’ housing plan will cost Milwaukee homebuyers thousands
Wyatt EichholzVice President Kamala Harris’ new housing down payment assistance proposal, which would give $25,000 to qualifying first-time home buyers, would dramatically increase housing prices, particularly in Midwestern metro areas such…
Hot demand for houses runs into Dane County’s Land of No
Patrick McIlheranMany things can stymie development, but there are pathways to yes If a home in Madison, Wisconsin’s most rapidly growing metropolis, is increasingly hard to afford… And it is: The…
Wisconsin DPI Deceives the Public on Test Scores
Nic KellyMilwaukee and Racine data – the fairer comparison – shows private choice students outperform public school students in 32 of 36 grade-level comparisons. This is an opinion piece. Half-truths are…
Wisconsin Sales Tax Collections Up 2.1% in First Quarter of Fiscal Year
Ben Yount - The Center Square(The Center Square) – Wisconsin saw a 2.1% increase in its general sales and use tax collections in the first quarter of the new fiscal year in numbers released Thursday.…
More headway on increasing nuclear power
Badger InstituteThe Biden administration’s climate adviser told a “sustainability conference” this week that the president wants to reactivate decommissioned nuclear power plants. Investors already have announced plans to restart the dormant…