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Mar
2023

22 March 2023

Arts education continues to be important

Arts education continues to be important

On September 11, 2001, terrorists crashed planes into the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. and a fourth plane was ...

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Arts education continues to be important

On September 11, 2001, terrorists crashed planes into the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. and a fourth plane was ...

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Posted on March 22, 2023

Ballot measure is more about playing politics than seeking solutions

The welfare ballot question is a referendum in search of a problem. Wisconsin voters are being asked to weigh in on a problem that doesn’t ...

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Ballot measure is more about playing politics than seeking solutions

The welfare ballot question is a referendum in search of a problem. Wisconsin voters are being asked to weigh in on a problem that doesn’t ...

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Posted on March 22, 2023

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Mar
2023

15 March 2023

Put student education first in state voucher program

The state of Wisconsin should look to YoungStar childcare rating system as a model to follow when working to expand the state’s private school v...

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Put student education first in state voucher program

The state of Wisconsin should look to YoungStar childcare rating system as a model to follow when working to expand the state’s private school v...

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Posted on March 15, 2023

Get informed and vote in the April election

Officially, the State Supreme Court is nonpartisan. Wisconsin’s founding fathers felt that justices should be above party politics and shoul...

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Get informed and vote in the April election

Officially, the State Supreme Court is nonpartisan. Wisconsin’s founding fathers felt that justices should be above party politics and shoul...

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Posted on March 15, 2023

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Mar
2023

08 March 2023

Pay board members set salaries rather than per diems

Star News Editorials As part of cost-cutting measures and to improve efficiency, Taylor County needs to look to a salary model for the coun...

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Pay board members set salaries rather than per diems

Star News Editorials As part of cost-cutting measures and to improve efficiency, Taylor County needs to look to a salary model for the coun...

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Posted on March 8, 2023

Solve the people problem in rural Wisconsin

Rural Wisconsin is facing a people problem. There are simply not enough people to go around, or rather not enough workingage families replaci...

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Solve the people problem in rural Wisconsin

Rural Wisconsin is facing a people problem. There are simply not enough people to go around, or rather not enough workingage families replaci...

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Posted on March 8, 2023

01

Mar
2023

01 March 2023

What is driving village of Gilman TID effort?

What is driving village of Gilman TID effort?

Star News Editorials Village of Gilman leaders are hoping using a powerful economic development tool will spur growth, but they need to take...

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What is driving village of Gilman TID effort?

Star News Editorials Village of Gilman leaders are hoping using a powerful economic development tool will spur growth, but they need to take...

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Posted on March 1, 2023

Public education is the cornerstone of American success

“Education, then, beyond all other divides of human origin, is a great equalizer of conditions of men—the balance wheel of the social machine...

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Public education is the cornerstone of American success

“Education, then, beyond all other divides of human origin, is a great equalizer of conditions of men—the balance wheel of the social machine...

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Posted on March 1, 2023

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Feb
2023

22 February 2023

Urge legislators to support efforts to fix hole in open records laws

Star News Editorials State Sen. Duey Stroebel of Cedarburg and Rep. Todd Novak of Dodgeville have taken on the role of championing open gove...

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Urge legislators to support efforts to fix hole in open records laws

Star News Editorials State Sen. Duey Stroebel of Cedarburg and Rep. Todd Novak of Dodgeville have taken on the role of championing open gove...

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Posted on February 22, 2023

Improvements made, but more needs to happen

Members of The Star News editorial board include Publisher Carol O’Leary, General Manager Kris O’Leary and News Editor Brian Wilson. Here...

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Improvements made, but more needs to happen

Members of The Star News editorial board include Publisher Carol O’Leary, General Manager Kris O’Leary and News Editor Brian Wilson. Here...

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Posted on February 22, 2023