Dec 20, 2022 | Press Release, Wisconsin Voices Blog
If the core mission of the Governor, the state’s chief executive officer, is to operationalize the functions of government and manage the bureaucracy, then government in Madison no longer works the way it was intended. Over the last four years, executive branch...
Dec 16, 2022 | Wisconsin Voices Blog
What happened? WTCS published its 2021-2022 results and the public reacted positively. Give me 3 positives. First, total students in applied associate’s degrees (degrees in specific disciplines) indeed recovered about half the loss from 2020. Students in general...
Dec 16, 2022 | Wisconsin Voices Blog
1. What is the number one challenge facing Wisconsin today and why? It is almost said too much now, but for good reason. The workforce issues that all sectors face are real. Where will the next generation of teachers, manufacturers, retail workers, and snow plow...
Dec 9, 2022 | Wisconsin Voices Blog
From The Capital Times: “APL’s forecasting models show an average drop of 10% over the next five years, from [26,916 in 2018-2019 to] 25,139 this year to 22,739 by the 2027-28 school year. Board member Savion Castro said that…’the sooner we realize we have to band...
Dec 9, 2022 | Wisconsin Voices Blog
What happened? Late last month, Senator Alberta Darling announced that she was retiring from public office after 32 years of service in the State Legislature. State Senators are elected to four-year staggered terms. Every two years, roughly half of the upper house is...
Dec 2, 2022 | Wisconsin Voices Blog
From WKOW ABC-24: A.J. Bayatpour asked brilliant question after brilliant question about Wisconsin’s struggling schools. Superintendent Jill Underly stayed on message: money is the problem, our lowest-performing schools would be fixed if they had lots more money, and...
