WATCH – Health Services (DHS) Secretary-Designee Andrea Palm told reporters on Thursday that the number of negative test results she regularly provides is wrong. Read More COVID-19 Data Disclaimer – DHS Sect. Palm Admits COVID-19 Data Incomplete And Inaccurate
Expand parental choice and allow more students to attend the school of their choice? Or abolish school choice and force all children to attend the local public school? Read More Wisconsin Must Advance School Choice
The large scale protests and riots across Wisconsin this summer wouldn’t be possible without the participation of hundreds of thousands of young activists. It’s something Wisconsin public schools have been training them for all year. Here are all the school sanctioned events this past year that got them ready for the summer. Read More Questionable Curriculum: Schools Walk Out on Education
145 years ago, Ulysses S. Grant predicted a war between the forces of intelligence and patriotism and the forces of ignorance. On Tuesday, June 23, that war was waged in Madison. Dan O’Donnell writes about the battle in his latest piece. Read More The Battle of Madison
Legislative Leaders React to MPS Retirement Benefits Expansion During Financial Crisis June 9, 2020 By Ola Lisowski As the state begins surveying the fiscal shortfalls resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, two prominent members of the Wisconsin Legislature spoke to MacIver about Milwaukee Public Schools’ (MPS) recent decision to expand retirement benefits. The school board’s …
MacIver News Service | May 19, 2020 With the State of Wisconsin getting $1.9 billion from the federal government through the CARES Act, Gov. Evers has a plan for how he wants to spend most of it. Evers announced on Tuesday, that about $1.17 billion of the funding will go towards testing, contact tracing, PPE, …
Not only would Gov. Evers’ “Badger Bounce Back” plan prevent Wisconsin’s economy from reopening until the fall at the earliest. A full analysis by the MacIver Institute reveals some disturbing requirements that didn’t make it into the governor’s Monday press conference. Read More MI Analysis: Badger Bounce Back Isn’t A Plan To Reopen, It Is A Declaration That Wisconsin Is Closed Until The Fall
After being asked directly by the Chinese Communist Government (CCP) to pass a resolution praising their response to the COVID-19 crisis, Wisconsin State Senate President Roger Roth introduced a resolution on Thursday doing the opposite. Read More Chinese Communist Government Wants Wisconsin State Senate To Pass Resolution Praising Its COVID Response
By Bill Osmulski – A suspicious lack of record keeping throughout the Evers Administration is just one example of its open disdain for transparent government and a solid reminder why journalists promote “Sunshine Week” every March. Read More Running A Government With Head Nods And High Fives
A recent UW System report for the 2018 graduating class shows thousands of students moving through the high school system and arriving at college woefully unprepared. Read More Wisconsin’s Unprepared High School Graduates