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Game over: How a professor bungled the facts of Wisconsin school choice
From history to poverty to treating kids like wildlife, errors compound Bungling facts is bad enough. The harm’s far greater when you’re paid by taxpayers to profess them at Wisconsin’s flagship state university. A case in…
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…
Legislature balks as Evers demands millions for more food aid bureaucrats
Lawmakers suspect state bungling will trigger penalty for bad-payments rate, but governor won’t show data Gov. Tony Evers is pressing the Legislature for $70 million to process FoodShare applications to stave off federal…
Two-thirds of Americans under 30 say people can’t be trusted, Marquette poll finds
Badger Institute exploring impact on neighborliness, civil society, government Two-thirds of Americans under the age of 30 say they believe most people cannot be trusted, a dramatic generational shift, according to the…
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.…
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…
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