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Lawmakers split on how to keep WisEye broadcasting
Senate throws a wrench into Assembly plan for sustaining nonprofit that covers Legislature’s doings Until last week, it appeared that legislators from both political parties were on a path to restoring WisconsinEye, an…
Medicaid mission-creeps its way into the housing business
Lure of federal money leads Wisconsin to embrace bloat, with little prospect for accountability Very few people know it, but Wisconsin’s Medicaid program is in the housing business. Not construction or real estate, but…
An estate tax would harm Wisconsin’s economy
A money grab at death drives outmigration Death and taxes may be certain, as the old saying goes, but death taxes are not. Most states have repealed their estate and inheritance taxes that drive high-net-worth individuals out…
Assembly clears bill to tackle fears of data center spiking power rates
Democrats object, want to force use of renewables The state Assembly this week passed a bill barring data centers from passing on any utility costs to other ratepayers in Wisconsin — targeting a key objection from…
The Wisconsin Higher-Ed Reform Model
Progress achievable in a purple state (This piece was originally published by the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal.) Provisions in a budget passed in the Badger State this previous summer require that faculty at…
Data center naysayers should consider what the future would have brought to Port Washington
Impacts are minimal in comparison to what might have occurred Seldom if ever conceded by many critics of the planned $15 billion 1,000-plus-acre data center under way in Port Washington is the fact that something was…
Superior coal terminal is latest victim of declining Great Lakes shipments
A coal terminal in Superior will terminate its operations this year as cargo shippers are moving less tonnage via the Great Lakes. A decline in cargo moving across the Great Lakes via United States-flagged “lakers” has led to…
Lead paint: The 50-year saga continues
MPS finally steps up remediation Nearly 50 years after the U.S. government banned lead-based paint, Milwaukee Public Schools officials have again been trying to cover up or remove the toxic substance that parents likely…
U.S. House defangs federal protection of gray wolves in Wisconsin
Tiffany-authored bill could move management to state with over 100 wolf attacks in recent year The U.S. House of Representatives Thursday passed a bill by Wisconsin Rep. Tom Tiffany that, if approved by the Senate, would…
Marquette poll finds 80 percent of Americans trust government ‘only some of the time’ or ‘never’
Independents were among the most distrustful A recent nationwide Marquette University Law School poll found that 80 percent of Americans trust the government “only some of the time” or “never,” a widespread, intergenerational…
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