Memories are strange things at times because you never know what triggers recollections from the aging gray matter.
It’s been years — decades, really — since I thought of the times on the...
The taxpayer-funded elections probe led by former conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman has been under fire for weeks.
Now Gableman is defending the probe via video.
He says...
And suddenly, summer is over.
The astronomical beginning of fall will be at 2:21 p.m. Central Daylight Time on Wednesday, Sept. 22, when the sun crosses the equator and we have equal amounts of...
State excise tax revenues from the sale of alcoholic beverages rose nearly 17% in the 2021 fiscal year, an annual increase that tops any seen in nearly five decades in Wisconsin.
While...
Diana Butsko, Wisconsin Watch
• September 12, 2021
Sitting in his North Side Milwaukee rental house, Nazir Al-Mujaahid spoke matter-of-factly about the challenges his son Shu’aib faces, while the quiet 9-year-old lingered in another room. Shu’aib excels...
Mario Koran, Wisconsin Watch / WPR
• September 12, 2021
Tracy Long of Fond du Lac County is no stranger to Wisconsin’s unemployment system. With 30 years of experience in manufacturing, she’s been subject to the ebbs and flows of the industry. Long says...
Polco users and readers visiting WNA member websites from Aug. 19 to 31 were asked whether they supported mask requirements in schools. We asked this question in light of recent recommendations that masks...
Do teachers still require students coming back to school to write about what they did on their summer vacation?
It’s been decades since I’ve had to complete that assignment, but having recently...
More than half of the state’s county Republican parties have formally called for a “cyber forensic audit” of the 2020 elections.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, is using the same language...
In September 2015, Charles Joe Reuter IV knew two things for certain: He needed help to beat his growing dependence on opiates — a habit that landed him behind bars, waylaid his career goals and separated...
In recent years, police budgets have faced heightened public scrutiny — a trend that only intensified after the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis in May 2020. This has included a push by some activists...
Education degrees earned at colleges and universities in southeastern Wisconsin declined from 2011 to 2019, raising the question of whether there is a sufficient supply of new K-12 teachers to meet the...
