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Wisconsin should stop treating data centers worse than other taxpaying industries

August 13, 2026

Why are schools that put kids more than a year ahead even at issue?

Teaching economics, electing to ignore it

Johnson uses new budget role to highlight out-of-control Medicaid spending and fraud

It’s time for Welfare Reform 2.0 in Wisconsin

Eau Claire teens find police are the opposite of oppressors

Florida could teach Wisconsin how to demand a more open-minded academia

Wisconsin still holds $800 million in people’s unclaimed cash despite a top ranking in returning funds

More Wisconsin circuit courts use text reminders to move justice along: a ‘godsend’

Schug, a giant of economics education, took lessons beyond classrooms to anyone willing to learn

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