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- Three policy avenues to help public schools flourish
- Data center boom means good times for old-line manufacturing, 50 or 500 hires at a time
- Strong foundations, untapped potential: Wisconsin’s economy
- Want to help families, Wisconsin? Stop raising childcare costs
- Wisconsin’s childcare subsidies, regulations fail for families
- How a development tool can increase property taxes
- Wisconsin should stop treating data centers worse than other taxpaying industries
- Why are schools that put kids more than a year ahead even at issue?
Browsing: Media
Parents with disabilities or health limitations often time out of the program or end up on disability insurance
Disciplinary actions against police officers in Wisconsin’s largest cities, whether for use of force or anything else, are rare
State needs better crime data to get an accurate picture of who’s incarcerated here and why
A call for greater transparency
A growing list of states that have adopted universal licensure recognition
The policy decisions state policymakers make in the months ahead will have far-reaching implications for how quickly jobs and wages are restored in Wisconsin.
Suspension policies advanced by the race-grievance complex harm both students and teachers
Six years after policy began, classrooms are out of control, teachers are afraid and students – black and white – are suffering
Wisconsin needs criminal justice data collection and reporting legislation
What we know thus far
Measure creates universal recognition, waives fees for low-income workers, expands opportunity for ex-offenders
With fewer students and huge deficits likely, the state should consider closing some campuses and following online model for certain courses
Relentless bureaucratic creep undermines competition and hurts consumers
Policymakers will need to look to reforms to address overcrowding issues
Governments are instrumental in wars, natural disasters and, we’ve found, pandemics.
Accepting out-of-state credentials should continue after the crisis ends
A statewide and county-by-county analysis
Cursive writing benefits learning and students’ brains
Outdated Wisconsin law hampers electric automaker’s direct-sales business model
Plan would take into account regional risk factors and let consumers decide

