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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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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.
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"Responsibility" seems to be a forthright word, but it is certainly less impactful than "blame." Blame is something Biden spreads around to ot…
More than half of the state’s county Republican parties have formally called for a “cyber forensic audit” of the 2020 elections.
I remember being in elementary school and having either an actual assignment or an extra credit assignment to ask a relative about a historica…
In recent years, police budgets have faced heightened public scrutiny — a trend that only intensified after the murder of George Floyd in Minn…
In an effort to close those internet-access gaps, more money is going toward broadband expansion in Wisconsin than ever before
Our schools unite us. They are the bedrock of our communities and are where our children grow as individuals. They are a place where kids of a…
During the nine years studied, education completions dropped substantially both in number and as a share of all new degrees and certificates awarded
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At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, a historic drop in Wisconsin public school enrollment in the 2020-21 school year was accompanied by a …
There have been a lot of things I’ve missed since COVID-19 impacted our lives, but as things started to get back to normal I’ve been eagerly a…
Direct funding to local governments will have more impact for those areas than money through their respective counties, said Brookfield Mayor …
