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- Antiquated Wisconsin law doesn’t allow driverless vehicles
- Plenty of time left for good policy in Wisconsin Legislature
- The truth about MPS, who makes it to graduation and who doesn’t
- Wisconsin’s retirement income exclusion will shift tax burdens to working families over time
- Taxpayers getting jobbed
- Cursing the rain — and tax cuts — cuz everyone benefits
- Much to like in Republicans’ tax plan
- End to federal public TV subsidies would save $2 million in Milwaukee
Browsing: Media
College tuition continues to rise at a rate that greatly exceeds inflation and student loans are becoming more and more onerous.
Milwaukee JobsWork pursues a multi-level business strategy based on the conviction that sustainable employment leads to self-sufficiency and local business growth is necessary for expanded opportunities.
There is evidence that some inebriated Wisconsinites are starting to make better decisions due to the increasing availability of ridesharing.
The Joseph Project addresses regional employment challenges with a free-market approach.
Wisconsin conservatives or Minnesota liberals?
Report compares the growth and distribution of Income in Wisconsin and Minnesota after the Great Recession.
About one-third of all state spending today originates in Washington, D.C., dramatically increasing the influence of the federal government on state spending priorities.
It’s almost impossible to find a legislator willing to defend the markup law on policy grounds; it’s also impossible to find a legislator willing to even hold a public hearing and risk rankling special interests.
► What do the UW instructors without it – the ones doing much of the teaching – think?
By Ike Brannon, Ph.D.
► How the Regents can make professors accountable to taxpayers and students
Antiquated state law puts the squeeze on consumers and should be repealed.
Authors include Dave Daley, Mike Nichols, Greg Pearson, Louann Schoenberg, Betsy Thatcher, Tom Tolan and Ken Wysocky.
New findings trumpeted by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel fail to break down Wisconsin’s tax burden by income categories or on a regional basis.
“My family wanted private schools because private schools take education seriously. They offer a more rich education and prepare me for my future,” said Sahara Aden, of Milwaukee. But her family couldn’t afford the steep tuition.
We need to know why nearly half of liberal arts graduates from our state’s top university regret the way they spent their money.
Why are Madison and Dane County always the default for locating new state government facilities?
The proliferation of grants-in-aid has driven up federal and state spending and taxes, hampered the prosperity and independence of Wisconsin’s citizens and ultimately moved America dangerously closer to centrally controlled governance.
Many of LakeView Technology Academy’s graduates are leaving high school with half of an associate’s degree in their pockets. Others are entering four-year universities as second-semester freshmen.
“I get why the law is in place, but I’m not a threat to monopolize anything,” says restaurateur Justin Aprahamian.
In the past 30 years, metro Madison grew 45%; metro Milwaukee grew just 11%. What caused the difference in outcomes for two cities separated by only 75 miles? The answer lies in Wisconsin politics.
The fact that SSDI is now a year closer to a mandatory 19% benefit cut once reserves are depleted doesn’t mean there is much more urgency in Congress for reforming disability benefits.
Lori A. Weyers, president of Northcentral Technical College in Wausau, says the IT worker shortage is reaching a “crisis” stage.
A new model of care has quietly emerged that changes primary care as we know it – perfectly aligning the priorities and best interests of doctors and patients.