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March 01,2017
by Joey Grihalva
In 2014, Darienne Driver became the Acting Superintendent of Milwaukee Public Schools. By most measures Driver inherited a struggling district. She has since boosted attendance in most regions, improved literacy across grade levels, and overseen a record amount of scholarship money earned by graduating seniors.
MPS’ first female superintendent has garnered support from the school board, whic....
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March 01,2017
by Op-ed
Americans, how long will it take for us to understand we have been “had?”
It is family, school, faith and community members who help each generation learn it is better to talk to people than fight, kill and destroy. These are the great Americans.
I am repulsed by so many politicians like Mr. Trump who shovel praise upon our military, but who themselves feel they are too good to serve our....
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March 01,2017
by Op-ed
In what could now be the next big LGBT U.S. Supreme Court case, the Texas Supreme Court caved to political pressure and electoral threats from right-wing groups to reopen a case they previously dismissed as clearly unconstitutional. The case puts into sharp focus the threat partisan judicial elections — as occur in Texas — pose for fair and impartial justice and the protection of constitutio....
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March 01,2017
by Kaiser Health News
While popping my daily dose of pills the other day — you know, the drugs guys over 60 often take to try to squeeze out another decade or two — I stumbled across a news story describing the drugs President Donald Trump takes, according to his personal physician.
The list took me aback. The 45th president and I are aging like blood brothers. We’re both using baby aspirin to stave off heart ....
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February 27,2017
by Jamakaya
When Hollywood prepares to award the Oscars, it’s time for WiG to bestow awards for both outstanding and dubious performances outside the film industry.
By unanimous vote, the M. Night Shyamalan Award for surprise endings goes to the presidential election of 2016. Surprise endings are fun in movies; in real life, not so much.
The Do the Right Thing Award goes to the dozens of attorneys who spo....
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February 24,2017
by Louis Weisberg
House Speaker Paul Ryan has a reputation for policy wonkishness, which he doesn’t deserve. He also has a reputation for raising boatloads of cash, which he does deserve. Care to guess which one’s driving his healthcare priorities? For bonus points, name the two billionaire brothers who are glad to see him do it.
Ryan did a fundraising “physicians and dentist industry” breakfast on Feb. ....
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February 23,2017
by Associated Press
Legislators preying on transparency
The Janesville Gazette
Winding its way through the Legislature is a bill that would undermine this state’s commitment to transparent government.
It must be stopped, and we’re asking readers to contact their legislators and voice their objection to AB70 and its companion bill in the Senate, SB42.
The stakes are high for people who depend on newspape....
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February 22,2017
by WiG Wire
As in the rest of the nation, Wisconsin’s public school system is under assault from corporate America and the religious right, who’d sacrifice the nation’s youth to an educational theory that puts the market in control of academic quality.
Fortunately, on Feb. 22, voters went to the polls and rejected the radical agenda of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and her Wisconsin acolytes. In a ....
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February 22,2017
by Op-ed
Ed Garvey, the friend of many, the leader of "what could have been" and a good man has died and I am saddened.
When he and Barbara Lawton ran for governor and lieutenant governor in 1998, they were a fantastic team that offered hope and moxie to the people of Wisconsin.
But big money talks.
Gov. Thommy Thompson was running for his fourth term and as the ALEC (American Legislative Exchange C....
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February 21,2017
by Op-ed
A day-by-day review of the Trump administration’s first month shows that virtually every day has been marked by a new, extraordinary grant of power to corporate interests and/or another development in Donald Trump’s get-rich-quick-scheme known as the American presidency.
Trump started his first full weekday in office with a breakfast meeting with CEOs of a dozen corporations including Arcon....
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