(The Center Square) – Declining high school graduates in the state, flat or decreasing enrollment, and reliance on student tuition dollars are chief concerns for a study committee on the University of Wisconsin System. With plans to meet through the year and into next, the 18-member panel is considering reform and the challenges the state’s […]
(The Center Square) – Republicans remain staunchly supportive of Donald Trump’s candidacy and platform as they prepare for their national convention in Milwaukee. Republican Party of Wisconsin Chairman Brian Schimming emphasized Republican unity behind nominating Trump versus Democrats’ uncertainty around President Joe Biden, in a news conference Thursday. “A week from today, Republicans will be nominating […]
(The Center Square) — In a self-review, the Independent Fiscal Office found its state revenue projections to be pretty spot-on. In fiscal year 2022-23, IFO estimates had a $2.7 billion (6.1%) difference from actual revenues — but 2023-24 was much closer, with only a $273 million (0.6%) difference from actual revenues. Difficulties from the pandemic […]
(The Center Square) – Acting Governor Dan Patrick told criminals if they ambush and kill police officers that the police “will hunt you down” as a manhunt is underway for an alleged murderer of a sheriff’s deputy. Patrick issued the warning at a news conference in Houston on Thursday before giving an update on hurricane […]
(The Center Square) – President Joe Biden’s health has “obviously had a decline” and left America without a commander in chief “to stand strong, to think well, to think hard for the American people in times of crisis,” says North Carolina’s lone practicing physician in Congress. “In my tenure, I’ve seen many, many individuals succumb […]
As concerns about President Joe Biden’s fitness for office dominate headlines, House Republicans have been debating behind the scenes how best to wrap up their impeachment inquiry into him. The House Oversight, Ways and Means, and Judiciary committees, the three panels that have been leading the yearlong effort, are engaged in a tense editing process […]
The first 2024 presidential debate generated days of headlines about President Joe Biden‘s health and former President Donald Trump‘s loose way with words. But the debate came just days after a government agency announced that $1.9 trillion would be added to the national debt this year alone — and that the ratio of debt to […]
It isn’t often that a critic gets to tackle three seasons of a television comedy at once. Still less frequently may he do so after binging the whole gut-busting run-in-progress in a matter of days. Yet here I am, fresh from 27 episodes of HBO’s hilarious, wise, and, yes, generous series Hacks. If the following […]
As a Midwestern suburban kid born during the Reagan administration, I grew up with no direct contact with cowboys, covered wagons, or the open trail. The only horses I ever came into close contact with were the coin-operated mechanical ones installed outside of supermarkets. In all the ways that matter, I am pure greenhorn. Nonetheless, […]
The Supreme Court moved into the online era this term by deciding two cases that will have implications for free speech on social media. In one, the court ruled unanimously to send the combined NetChoice v. Paxton and Moody v. NetChoice back down to the respective federal circuit courts that came to opposite conclusions on […]
