Remembering my mother the farm wife

Even well-intentioned efforts, can have negative consequences. That is the case with AB 598, a bill passed last week, by the Wisconsin Assembly, impacting people, who haven’t named a power of attorney for healthcare. The intent of the bill, is to speed the process, to get patients, who are incapacitated and unable to make decisions for themselves, out of hospital beds, and into nursing home o...

The Wisconsin Association for Equity in Funding (AEF) has called for a budget repair bill, focused on providing property-taxpayer relief. We are excited to see the governor making exactly such a proposal, with an estimated $450 million for general school aids. But, we are left wondering why our elected leaders would support a property tax relief model, that sends almost half of the funding out ...