By Bill Osmulski – The City of Spooner’s attempt to capture $3.5 million of state transportation funds for a local tourism project shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone who’s seen the Department of Transportation’s grant application form for the Multimodal Local Supplement (MLS) program. Read More Spooner’s Roundhouse Application Reveals Flaws of DOT’s Grant Program
After Gov. Evers’ opened up $75 million in road aid to any transportation related project, local governments flooded the DOT with applications for things like an ATV trail, a downtown riverwalk, a railroad museum, business space, a scenic overlook, and countless bike and walking paths. Read More Evers Opens Up Road Funds To Non-Road Projects And The Requests Flood In
By Ola Lisowski – What do Wisconsin’s best schools have in common, and how do they differ? A closer look into state report cards can tell us. Read More The Best Schools in Wisconsin
By Dan O’Donnell – Three appellate judges gave tacit approval to the concept that an agency in Wisconsin’s Executive Branch doesn’t really need to follow the laws passed by the Legislature or the rulings issued by the judiciary. This is the dictionary definition of a constitutional crisis, yet no one seems overly concerned about a rogue state agency…least of all those who professed deep concern about a rogue White House. Read More Crisis Management – Dan O’Donnell examines how the Court of Appeals has exacerbated Wisconsin’s constitutional crisis
It’s hard to believe, but the MacIver Institute celebrated its ten-year anniversary in 2019. Here are twenty of the best video reports from the past ten years that are still as relevant today as when we first posted them. Read More MacIver’s Top Twenty Videos Of All Time
With Christmas right around the corner, you might be tempted to just chuck that shopping list and just get your nephews some video game gift cards. Before you do, you should know about the latest game that lets players fanaticize about killing white people. Read More Cross This Race-Baiting Game Off Your Kid’s Christmas List
Another stunning year of improvements for choice and charter schools, while Milwaukee and Racine Unified see student growth but poor proficiency for students. How can our schools receive a passing grade when our students are doing so poorly? Read More 2019 School Report Cards: Spotlight On Milwaukee, Racine, Choice And Charter
By Ola Lisowski – Milwaukee’s NAEP scores among the worst in the country, only after Detroit. Read More NAEP Results 2019: A Focus on Milwaukee
The 2019 District and School Report Cards are out. Districts Fare Worse, Schools Fare Better. For the first time sine 2017, a district has been marked “failing.” Yet compared to last year, the number of failing schools fell by nearly half. Read More 2019 Education Report Cards: Districts Fare Worse, Schools Fare Better
Dan O’Donnell tackles the reckless driving crisis in Milwaukee that has killed two young children and injured three others in the past two weeks alone. Read More Ruthless Driving