Over the past five decades, state support for special ed has dwindled, and staff shortages and turnover make it difficult to provide required services.
Lueders, editor of The Progressive, was one of four honorees inducted into the National Freedom of Information Coalition’s State Open Government Hall of Fame.
The COVID-19 pandemic has created unprecedented challenges for restaurants and bars in Wisconsin. Due in part to support provided through federal relief funds, employment in this industry has recovered considerably since nosediving by nearly 50% in April 2020.
A sycamore tree growing on the Hardie farm is about 50 years old, surviving Wisconsin winters much colder than its preferred climates.
The inmate population at state adult prisons recently breached the 20,000 threshold for the first time since January, according to Department of Corrections data reviewed by WisPolitics.com in late September.
School officials refer thousands of children to the police each year. In Wisconsin, children with disabilities or who are Black, Latino or Native bear the brunt of it.
Polco users and readers visiting WNA member websites from Sept. 8 to 21 were asked whether they supported employers requiring workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Out of 645 verified respondents**, 61% said they support vaccine requirements at work, while 30% said employees should make their own health decisions.
The taxpayer-funded elections probe led by former conservative state Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman has been under fire for weeks. Now Gableman is defending the probe via video.
Memories are strange things at times because you never know what triggers recollections from the aging gray matter. Recently, the warm weather triggered decades-old memories of a Shetland pony named Cinnamon.
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 in nearly five decades in Wisconsin.
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