License to Teach
Nov. 12, 2025
A growing number of Wisconsin teachers hold emergency licenses, reflecting staffing needs and a greater reliance on non-traditional routes into the classroom.
A growing number of Wisconsin teachers hold emergency licenses, reflecting staffing needs and a greater reliance on non-traditional routes into the classroom.
A few states have had the courage to give sick people options for medically assisted suicide, allowing them to make their own choice about checking out.
Jill Underly got reelected as state schools superintendent in April while being accused of avoiding debates.
When she recently failed to show at a legislative hearing over her department’s handling of sexual misconduct cases, criticism mounted again.
My visit to the woods was to find a location and build a new deer hunting stand. I needed to find a spot overlooking the natural crossings of deer that also provided a wide vista.
On the stormy night of November 10, 1975, the Edmund Fitzgerald disappeared beneath the icy waves of Lake Superior. Half a century later, Wisconsin’s maritime communities are not only remembering the tragedy but also celebrating the deep, enduring ties the ship and its crew had to the state.
Fire and emergency medical services (EMS) responders in Walworth County face challenges with staffing their agencies and funding their capital needs. Meanwhile, some of the county’s smaller departments continue to rely on a volunteer model that has become increasingly difficult to sustain.
For the past five-plus years I have dealt with vertigo, which is the sensation that the world around me is spinning. It hit me hard in February of 2020 when I suddenly couldn’t walk because of the spinning and was violently ill like I had the world’s case of food poisoning.
All too often, secrecy and confidentiality carry the day in proceedings of state and local government.
On November 10, 1975, a violent storm roared across Lake Superior with fierce winds, towering waves as high as 30 feet, and blinding snowfall. By nightfall, one of the Great Lakes’ largest and most respected freighters, the Edmund Fitzgerald, had vanished. All 29 crew members were lost.
Madison’s proposed budget for 2026 highlights the city’s recent financial turnaround, as it would increase staffing and service levels while limiting the city’s property tax increase to roughly the rate of inflation.