A proposal in Gov. Tony Evers’ budget would require Wisconsin employers of 50 or more to provide their workers with paid family and medical le…
While starkly different in most details, competing plans to overhaul Wisconsin’s income tax code offered by Gov. Tony Evers and State Senate M…
In Wisconsin, Healthcare Decisions Week is April 16 to 23, which highlights the importance of having a Power of Attorney (POA) for Health Care.
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Recently, Wisconsin Watch revealed how members of the Wisconsin Legislature’s powerful budget committee secretly hold up projects or programs …
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In the course of my writing over the years, the topic of spring is among my most frequent musings.
It’s a common question from both landlords and tenants alike: Can a landlord refuse to rent to a tenant? The answer is simple, yet complex. La…
While politicians and others way above my station and pay grade continue to debate, expound upon and expunge homosapien influence on the strat…
Three years into the COVID-19 pandemic, remote and hybrid work arrangements remain widespread in Wisconsin and nationally. Still, U.S. Census …
A home should be a peaceful sanctuary for its inhabitants, a quiet place of comfort and solitude. But when you live in the country, sometimes …
Your job is important. It is the source of your income and it’s where you spend the majority of your waking hours. It may be part of your iden…
Amid a brisk pace of development activity in metro Milwaukee, the region’s construction labor market is as tight as it has been in at least 20 years.
When the old year turns into a new one every January, we’re told to set new goals, make resolutions, and turn into “better” versions of oursel…
Bows and paper are everywhere as we wrap holiday gifts, but it’s also the time of year to wrap up 2022 and look to the year ahead. For this mo…
Despite measures in the current state budget to lower property tax levies for K-12 schools, those levies are rising modestly yet again on Dece…
When it comes to Christmas and newspapers, nobody did it better than the classic response to a letter that appeared in The New York Sun.
With a huge state surplus and a new budget plan coming soon from Gov. Tony Evers, education advocates are hoping for money and programs to ste…
The upcoming state budget cycle starting in July is on track to continue a recent trend of ever-larger state budget surpluses, creating an unp…
As we prepare for the Thanksgiving holiday, and as we reflect on what we are each thankful for, we also have the opportunity to give. Thanksgi…
Have you started your checklist yet? You know, THE checklist. The one that starts building up as the holidays inch closer, with line after lin…
How much does it cost to copy one piece of paper? If you ask records custodians in Wisconsin, many will tell you 25 cents. At least that’s wha…
Milwaukee stands out among its peer cities for its stark racial inequity in homeownership, with larger disparities in homeownership rates than…
The debate over absentee ballots is far from over.
The height of summer often brings back many fond memories of growing up on the farm – building dams in icy creek on blazing hot days, catching…
Our recent observance of July 4 had me pondering about the state of freedom in our country.
