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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…
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…
Most UW System schools’ enrollments are stagnant as tech colleges flourish
While undergraduate enrollment in most University of Wisconsin System schools trends downward, there has been a dramatic increase in students choosing the state’s technical colleges since the pandemic. Historically tied to…
Money now more important than Milton or Macbeth at UW schools
Dramatically fewer University of Wisconsin System students are pursuing degrees in the humanities — including English, history and the arts — than a decade ago. Meanwhile, degrees in computer science, business and engineering…
UW students turning away from gender and ethnic studies degrees
Students want ROI and jobs About half as many students in the Universities of Wisconsin system are getting bachelor’s degrees in ethnic and gender studies as did at their peak in 2013. Bachelor’s degrees focusing on gender…
Rights of nature and the wrongs inflicted on Wisconsinites
If your lightbulbs are connected to the power plant that’s connected to the lake, you’ll pay Went over to Devil’s Lake last weekend to look at leaves, did you? Good choice. Lovely place. Did you get the lake’s permission? No,…
As hunger looms, Democrats in ‘non-winnable’ situation
Impending loss of FoodShare benefits eclipses unrelated big changes coming Monday The paradox of a political party wholly invested in growing the social welfare state but refusing to open the government to feed impoverished…
Milwaukee will pay someone to say nice things about The Hop
The City of Milwaukee is willing to pay a new marketing and communications officer for The Hop, its little-used $128 million streetcar, up to $108,000 per year plus benefits that include a pension, deferred compensation plan,…
Port Washington to be land of opportunity for job-seekers
Tech school grads among those who’ll benefit from data centers Technical college graduates and small business owners will be big winners in the massive Vantage Data Centers development soon expected to become the largest…
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