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The Wisconsin Department of Administration has spent nearly $2 million operating two state offices that have since 2019 been denied funding by the Legislature.

The Wisconsin Legislature’s “Socialist Caucus” drafted a bill that would add a 17.7% top bracket for households earning $1 million.

The comparison to Milwaukee’s past Socialist mayors highlights how proposals by current Democratic Socialists are much more radical, even if they’re rhetorically similar.

Milwaukee Public Schools, amid a fiscal crisis, should close 25 underutilized school buildings to free up wasted resources, says City Forward Collective.

Students learn less and earn less when they have less incentive to actually study in order to get top grades.

Wisconsin and Ontario are both manufacturing centers with similar economic strengths and vulnerabilities. The Badger State should learn from Ontario’s mistakes.

Subjecting big development proposals to popular vote risks killing statewide economic growth, observers say in the wake of a successful effort by Port Washington data center opponents to give citizens the ability to nix the future use of a key financing tool.

In 1969, nearly nine out of 10 American children lived in households with two married parents. By 2023, that figure had fallen to roughly six in 10.

From 2011 to 2024, Wisconsin counties beat their Illinois counterparts 103 percent to 68 percent in private-sector economic output.

There is new evidence that some students hurt themselves economically by going to college — a fact Republicans are using to limit student loans.

Gov. Evers has signed a crucial housing bill pushed by Republicans who say it will increase supply and bring down cost while still allowing municipalities to control whether they want to grow.

Momentum is growing to end vehicle emissions testing programs in several states, including Wisconsin.

Tom Howatt, who rose up as the son of a Scottish immigrant to become President and CEO of Wausau Paper,…

The University of Wisconsin System this month opened the door for its campuses to begin offering faster, cheaper three-year degrees.

The most recent Marquette Law School poll shows public opinion turning against data centers.

The average GPA for undergraduate students at Wisconsin’s flagship university increased to 3.48 in the recently completed fall semester — up from 3.28 just 10 years ago.

All 13 four-year University of Wisconsin System schools impose an ethnic studies requirement in order to graduate.

A bill that will ultimately help increase housing supply, make homes more affordable and still allow local municipalities to control where and how fast they grow passed through the Wisconsin Senate this week and was expected to pass in the Assembly Thursday as well.

You might be paying higher school property taxes this year because of a referendum to exceed a school district’s revenue cap — one that you did not get a vote on in a district your kids do not attend.

Until last week, it appeared that legislators from both political parties were on a path to restoring WisconsinEye, an independent channel that has broadcast state government meetings and events since 2007.