A proposal to open sports participation to all students who take part in online virtual and charter school programs is a necessary step to ensure students are treated fairly, but changes need to be made to ensure academic and student conduct standards are being met. SB 705 was introduced by Sen. Jerry Petrowski and allows a student who attends a virtual charter school to participate in interscholastic

Sometimes winning involves simply forcing another player to react to what you might be doing. At Monday’s marathon meeting of the Taylor County Board one of the more interesting reports was from supervisor Mike Bub. Bub updated board members on the ongoing work of the county’s broadband committee. The goal of the committee is to have broadband internet access available to everyone in

A bill that would increase the minimum retirement age for most public employees under the age of 40 from 55 to 59.5 makes sense for the long-term health of the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS) as well as being a better reflection of when government employees are actually retiring. Senate Bill 612 was co-authored by Republican senators Jerry Petrowski of Marathon and Duey Stroebel of Saukville.

No one likes being told what they can or cannot do. This is especially true of farmers and other small business owners. A major reason people choose to become business owners is because they don’t want someone leaning over their shoulder and telling them how to do their job. On the opposite side of the spectrum are the folks who enjoy working as part of the bureaucratic machinery. They

Democracy only works if people show up. In big-budget action movies, the bad guys seeking to undermine American way of life might be over-the-top evil villains, alien invaders or cliched stereotypes of the enemy du jour. In real life, the forces that undermine democracy and with it the American way of life are more subtle, if not equally as sinister as anything Hollywood can dream up. The