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Don’t leave road safety at home on your summer travel

Summer weather is here and travelers are taking to the roads, to explore the many vacation destinations throughout Wisconsin. While road trips are a great way to check out all the great things that...
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A GED and a give ’em Hell attitude

The last few weeks, I’ve shared how I came to work at the newspaper and my education. If you wonde...

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Cause knowledge is power!
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Cause knowledge is power!

As big a supporter as I am of public instruction, it might surprise you to learn that I was homescho...

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Congratulations, to the Class of 2026

Each May, about 4 million young people graduate from high schools, across the country. The ceremonies are similar. Family, friends and relatives, gather on football fields or gymnasiums. Music plays and young people in robes, solemnly process. Speeches are given. Tears are shed. There is polite laughter, as the school official delivers the same joke, for the 23rd year in a row. Names are cal...

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A Driver of Small Business Soaring Health Costs

Small business owners are struggling to keep up with the rising cost of healthcare. Nearly a third have stopped offering health benefits, as premiums continue to climb. It is critical that lawmakers understand the reasons for rising costs and begin to address them – or small businesses will continue to drop health coverage, because of unsustainable costs. One of these reasons, is hospitals ex...

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Beef, It’s What’s For Dinner, All Month Long

It’s May, which means it is time to fire up the grill, support your local producers and processors, and celebrate May Beef Month. In Wisconsin, we’re known for our hardworking farmers, high quality animals and an innovative meat processing industry. We can be proud of the work done, to bring beef from the farm gate, to your dinner plate. In Wisconsin, 12-head is the average beef herd siz...

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Bipartisan deal is a breath of fresh air

Gov. Tony Evers, Assembly leader Robin Vos and Senate majority leader Devin LeMahieu, came together this week, to release a spending deal, that promises to lower property taxes, increase funding to schools and put money into the pockets of taxpayers. It is refreshing to see the state’s top elected officials come together, to solve problems, rather than simply seeking to score political points...

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