The holiday season is here. While many take this opportunity to be thankful, share with others, support local small businesses, or just be fes…
The Natural Resources Board, an all-volunteer body that guides policy for the Department of Natural Resources, is part of Wisconsin’s traditio…
To create students who stay curious and inquisitive throughout their lives – active participants in democracy, critical consumers of informati…
If you were to invite me to Thanksgiving dinner, I would be willing to bring something like dinner rolls, macaroni and cheese, or a pie. But I…
Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes trails his top U.S. Senate rivals in terms of net worth, reporting assets of between $5,005 and $75,000. Bar…
Growing up, heroes were superhumans who could fly or bust through the walls of buildings with their special powers. They lived in comic books …
When I was growing up, my dad was absent for two consecutive weeks each year – he’d be gone during Father’s Day but would make it back to watc…
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Things are a little messy right now as Republicans look for their candidate to take on Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.
Anyone who was in high school prior to 1990 can recall a requirement to take at least one type of technical education class, where you would l…
A highly anticipated new report from Wisconsin’s nonpartisan Legislative Audit Bureau seems to have given ammo to both 2020 election critics a…
I wanted to cap off the final October edition with a column about a short period in college when a few friends and I decided to investigate wh…
Bill Lueders was a young journalist at Madison’s Isthmus newspaper in the late 1980s when he learned the value of public records. Lueders want…
Wisconsin’s primary doesn’t happen until August of next year. But the major Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate are busy gathering resources…
Last weekend I made my first trip back to the movie theater since pre-COVID. I’d been wanting to go see a movie in theaters for a few months, …
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These numbers are especially troubling given the explicit design of FAFSA: to make federal student aid and therefore college more accessible t…
A bill that would limit liability for gun makers and dealers in civil court cases could make it harder to punish those who sell firearms later…
The inmate population at state adult prisons recently breached the 20,000 threshold for the first time since January, according to Department …
There is a sense of glee running through my body. It has to do with what I’ve been seeing showing up around Lake Mills. Pumpkins, skeletons, w…
The COVID-19 pandemic has created unprecedented challenges for restaurants and bars in Wisconsin. Due in part to support provided through fede…
Last weekend I went with my mom to Watertown in hopes of finding some creepy yet office-appropriate Halloween decorations. I realized a lot of…
Autumn is approaching. The days are shortening. The soybeans are yellowing and the goldenrods are in bloom. Blackbirds are starting to gather …
Publicly elected school boards could not happen without dedicated citizens willing to step up.
I know, as an educator and as a parent, that the transition back to school can be a challenging time, and this year, of course, the challenges…
State excise tax revenues from the sale of alcoholic beverages rose nearly 17% in the 2021 fiscal year, an annual increase that tops any seen …
The primary election for lieutenant governor is just under 11 months away. So far, no Democrats are making noise about getting into the race.
Many states, including Wisconsin, have public records laws. But that doesn’t mean requesters always get the records they seek, or even that th…
Total equalized property values in Wisconsin increased 6.8% in 2021, the largest one-year increase since 2006.
Since the start of the pandemic in late February 2019, I have seen one of my friends in-person approximately four times – when her daughter’s …
