When you don’t get your way

Voters across Wisconsin approved 46 of 75 school district referenda this spring, a 61.3% approval rate that aligns with a recent downward trend. A recent Wisconsin Policy Forum analysis also found the state’s overall system for financing K-12 schools, along with recent increases in the number of referenda, has contributed to a widening gap between school districts receiving the most and least...

The interstate highway system is a modern marvel allowing the transportation of goods and services across vast distances, literally tying the country together. It is also a massive money sink, consuming billions of tax dollars every year to keep it maintained. The United States military is the best in the world. Through the equipment and personnel, the modern military is able to project overwhe...

In the same span of time that it takes to read these words, the lives of 75 families in the Marathon County community of Ringle were forever changed. On the afternoon of April 13, severe thunderstorms bulldozed their way across the state. They brought with them flooding, large hail, lightning and high winds. Each of these brings its own capacity for devastation and harm. The storms also spawned...