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Wisconsin Has Faced a Teacher Shortage for Years. Some Schools Are Finally Reaching Their Tipping Point.
It’s 8 a.m. on a Tuesday morning, two weeks before the start of a new school year. Rich Appel is stressed. Usually, the Horicon Superintendent would be busy overseeing meetings and chatting with his crop of new teachers. Instead, he’s still scrambling to find them....
Wisconsin Teachers Turn to Amazon, Facebook for Community Help Filling Their Classrooms
Amid rising inflation, and pay bumps not on par with the fast-rising cost of living, teachers hope #ClearTheList will prepare them for a new school year. “Hi there! I am a music teacher in a small suburban school in Muskego, WI.” “Hello! I am a second grade teacher in...
Vos Fires Gableman: Assembly Speaker Pulls the Plug on 2020 Election ‘Investigation’ by Former Justice
Their public break-up highlights the widening fissure between Republicans who will and won’t continue placating former President Trump’s efforts to subvert the will of the voters who removed him from office.
Connecticut Businessman Michels Will Run for Wisconsin Governor After Defeating Kleefisch
Road company magnate spent more than $10 million of his personal wealth to top a once-popular former lieutenant governor.
Wisconsin’s Best Chocolate Chip Cookies—The Top Rated and Most Reviewed in Every Part of the State
Save room for dessert—since National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day is August 4.
The Best of the Best: Wisconsin’s Highest-Rated Cities for Health Care, Housing, and Having a Good Time
The website Livability ranked America’s top 100 cities and six from the Badger State made the list.
Mandela Barnes Touts Elizabeth Warren’s Endorsement on a Saturday, then Gets Tom Nelson’s on Monday
The lieutenant governor picked up Nelson’s support as he exited the race to see who will challenge Sen. Ron Johnson in November.
Six Wisconsin Cities Earn a Spot in Livability’s “Top 100 Best Places to Live”
Livability.com ranks the most livable small and mid-sized cities in the United States.
The Post-Roe Future Is Now—and It’s Dangerous for Wisconsin Women
Wisconsin is getting national attention as the state’s pre-Civil War abortion ban forces women with life-threatening conditions to wait for doctors who have to wait for lawyers.
Not Your Average Sundae: Celebrate National Ice Cream Day at These Wisconsin Shops That Pay-It-Forward
More than a cherry—they serve their scoops with charity on top.
Yes, Do Go Chasing Waterfalls—At Least the Ones You’ll Find on This Wisconsin List
The rivers and the lakes that you’re used to might not have the wow factor of these little bits of natural horsepower.
‘Demeaning,’ a ‘Circus,’ ‘Sophomoric,’ ‘Misogynistic’ — Judge to Refer Republican ‘Investigator’ Gableman for Discipline
“Neither facts nor law supported Gableman’s conduct,” said a Dane County judge about the boisterous former state Supreme Court justice whose sloppy, conspiracy-fueled investigation into Wisconsin’s 2020 election results has cost taxpayers nearly $1 million.
Trump’s Former Attorney General Laughed at Claims About ‘Mules,’ the Same Claims Given a Forum by Wisconsin Republicans
The January 6 Committee showed video of Bill Barr laughing about the claims in the movie “2000 Mules.” That laugh could have been useful in March when Assembly Republicans turned a hearing over to conspiracy theorists.
Fed Up with Inaction, Students, Teachers, and Parents to ‘March for Our Lives’ Statewide in Another Push to Reduce Gun Violence
“Man, you can really learn a lot from students when you just sit and listen to what they’re saying” about their fears and frustration.
Wis-Story: Standout Moments as Wisconsin Turns 174
The Badger State—America’s own Up North—celebrates its statehood anniversary on Sunday. Even back then, Wisconsin showed the push-pull between progressives and conservatives on what directions we take.
The Company Store: Delicious Reasons to Plan a Wisconsin Road Trip
From meats to popcorn to other goodies, state-based foodmakers have retail outlets worthy of a detour.
Gableman to Speak to a ‘Big Lie’ Conference in Michigan This Weekend
Trump allies call it a summit for “election integrity,” but it’s a Who’s Who of right-wing activists undermining state and local rules and officials as a way to reinforce the Big Lie about the voter fraud no one has found.
Ob-Gyn: Overturning Roe v. Wade Removes Women’s Ability ‘to Determine the Rest of Our Lives’
There are many complex reasons women terminate pregnancies. Saying it’s about “not wanting a baby” doesn’t begin to appreciate women’s health care.
Poll Shows ‘Striking’ GOP Disconnect on 2020 Knowledge—Johnson Still Underwater on Voters’ Favorability
Republicans feel suspicious about the presidential vote, but not enough to follow purported investigations about an election they don’t trust.
38 States have expanded Medicaid. Wisconsin Republicans haven’t.
April is Medicaid Awareness month. Across the country, 38 states and the District of Columbia had reason to be grateful, as each of them expanded Medicaid since passage of the Affordable Care Act. But not Wisconsin. Since the expansion was made available more...
The Easter Bunny Has an Easier Time Around Here Thanks to Wisconsin’s Long History of Local Candy Makers
Here are 10 ways to locally source your basket of goodies.
One Year In, Pandemic Assistance Addresses an Affordable Housing Crisis in Many Communities
Economic hardships made worse by the pandemic get American Rescue Plan aid to keep roofs over families’ heads.
Cooking Like It’s 1799: Wade House’s Historic Classes Return
Using cookbooks from 1796-1844 as reference, the Wade House’s cooking classes show attendees how to serve up dinners like the olden days.
‘Hold Russia Accountable’: Wisconsin Leaders Condemn Invasion of Ukraine
Putin’s attack draws bipartisan rebuke from Wisconsin’s elected officials as Russian forces kill Ukrainian soldiers and civilians.
More Backpedaling from Wisconsin Republicans Who ‘Don’t Know’ Who Won in 2020
Vos confirms dozens of secret subpoenas while Gableman again asks a judge to jail two mayors.
Johnson Flip-Flops on a Wisconsin Judicial Nominee, Even After Helping Him Become a Nominee
Milwaukee County judge, brother of a Democratic congressman, was on a list assembled along with Sen. Tammy Baldwin
GOP Lawmakers Try to Tighten Grip on Election System
Top Assembly Democrat says “partisan politicians shouldn’t be rigging the rules of our elections.”
Private Equity Takeover Could Hurt Kohl’s and Its Employees
The Wisconsin-based department store chain employs 110,000 nationwide and 4,000 at its corporate headquarters.
Surfin’ Sheboygan, The ‘Malibu of the Midwest’
Chicago native Tommy Shimenetto has found a love for surfing the icy waters of Lake Michigan off the coast of Sheboygan.