Employers across Wisconsin have one thing on their mind as we emerge from the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic: Employees. They can’t get enough.
After more than a year where the digital world of computer meetings and video streaming dominated our lives, we’re back to good old-fashioned analog
In December, the Forum published “Falling Behind?”, a review of the state’s public college and university finances that gave particular attent…
Rep. Nick Milroy, D-South Range, was re-elected in 2020 by only 139 votes and his district favored Biden by just over 1 percentage point
With woods all around us, we’re accustomed to hearing trees fall — especially during severe-weather events like the devastating straight-line …
Gov. Tony Evers’ vetoes of bills from the GOP-run Legislature are irking Republicans.
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University of Wisconsin officials are ramping up efforts to reach minority and other underrepresented high school graduates and get them to en…
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Two years ago, our state commissioned a group to study how to fix the school funding formula. Hours and hours of citizen comments, expert rese…
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A guest editorial by State Superintendent Carolyn Stanford Taylor on 41 years in education
The Union Grove-Yorkville Fire Department is an outlier among its peers in its continued exclusive use of part-time responders.
At least three county Republican parties in Wisconsin have added a new name to their events celebrating eminent Republican presidents Abraham …
The late frost was the final blow for this year’s paltry lilac blooms, which also were hit earlier in the month of May with some cold temperatures
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Parisi: The pandemic presented us with a once in a generation opportunity to make a real difference at the race against climate change.
After four straight years of growth, the enrollment of students labeled as English Learners (ELs) in Wisconsin public schools has fallen for t…
A guest column by Wisconsin's State Superintendent:
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You’ve probably heard about what happened at Van Hise Hall at UW-Madison last month: two concrete slabs broke off the façade and crashed to th…
The past year has underscored the critical role teachers play in the lives of our students, families, and communities. Spurred by a public hea…
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