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September 10, 2026

Milwaukee-Racine-Kenosha rail idea back on radar, despite costs, existing options

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?

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Scouts hope Gov. Evers will have change of heart on school access

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Years in the making, free-market dental solution has Wisconsin grinning

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New Wisconsin bill directly solves the problem with growing healthcare costs

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Legislators want to give tens of millions of free lunches to students who don’t need them

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Wisconsin needs an explicit constitutional amendment to rein in gubernatorial goofiness

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Wins on justice, education and taxes are only the start of Wisconsinites’ work

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Why — and how — Gov. Evers should sign off on Wisconsin’s big tax cuts

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The other problem with UW DEI programs: They don’t work

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Milwaukee’s Quiet Crisis: 10 years later

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Raising Wisconsin’s Minimum Wage: Who would be helped? Who would be hurt?

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Unrealized Potential: The Need for Accountability in Wisconsin’s Special Education Programs

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