News
Working folks get short shrift while city funds vanity streetcar
Money wasted on Hop while bus access for people who really need it is at risk Milwaukee County’s bus network has swerved back from the fiscal brink, one tire halfway over the void as officials shuffle money, trim back some…
Majority of Wisconsin kids fall short in math as legislators consider fix
Number of UW math degrees plummeting in age of AI As math proficiency continues to decline in Wisconsin schools, the Legislature is considering a plan to improve numeracy, or the ability to work with numbers in daily life.…
The SCC Decides: Dominion’s Rates and Profits Go Up, New Rules on Data Centers
Share this Story on Facebook, X, Text, LinkedIn, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, or OutlookThe massive data centers behind a growing energy crunch in Virginia will begin to pay substantially more for electricity in Dominion Energy’s…
Approval of Gas Generation Plant Divides Two Big Donors Who Helped Democrats Win
Share this Story on Facebook, X, Text, LinkedIn, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, or OutlookThe State Corporation Commission (SCC) was able to approve Dominion Energy Virginia’s application for a needed natural gas generation facility…
Madison perfect example of why cities should stay out of grocery business
‘This is the way communists think’ Government-supported grocery stores are suddenly all the rage. The site of Madison’s proposed municipally-owned grocery store, located in retail space below an apartment building across the…
Much of America figuring out how to build more homes
Wisconsin can follow suit and cut regulations The dire need for more houses in America has even regulation-heavy cities like Los Angeles, New York City, Minneapolis and St. Paul streamlining rules — and providing a playbook…
SCC Notes Growing Cost of VCEA Compliance,Rejects One Project, Makes a Second Contingent
Share this Story on Facebook, X, Text, LinkedIn, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, or OutlookCiting the high cost, the Virginia State Corporation Commission on Friday denied a request to add a battery project to the Appalachian Power…
Wisconsin DPI mired in one scandal after another
Botched report cards, lowered standards, licensing and finance scandals erode faith in DPI Accused of gutting academic standards, manipulating report cards, slacking on fiscal oversight and bungling oversight of sexual…
Republican candidates join nationwide scrutiny of tenure
Badger Institute has argued for more leeway to lay off professors Republican candidates for governor are joining politicians across the country who are increasingly skeptical of tenure guarantees for professors. U.S. Rep. Tom…
Progressives Urge Assembly to Soak the Rich, But Likely Tax Increases Will Reach Everyone
Share this Story on Facebook, X, Text, LinkedIn, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, or OutlookAs a new Democratic Party trifecta looms in Virginia, a progressive policy group has floated a long list of old and new ways to soak Virginia’s…
TRENDING
