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Lori A. Weyers, president of Northcentral Technical College in Wausau, says the IT worker shortage is reaching a “crisis” stage.

A new model of care has quietly emerged that changes primary care as we know it – perfectly aligning the priorities and best interests of doctors and patients.

Only now are businesses realizing that traditional college curriculums are not meeting the growing demand of companies such as Epic and are turning to technical colleges to fill the gap.

The Dane County Child Support Agency will be rolling out a pilot program called the Forgiveness of Arrears for Completion of Education.

Some folks in Wisconsin believe that we are simply another part of the federal government and should march in lockstep.

The number of Minnesotans migrating east for Wisconsin universities is now nearly double the number of Wisconsinites traveling west for Minnesota schools.

Building new facilities often do little to alleviate the scourge of crime-ridden neighborhoods, which just get pushed to the background — until they explode.

Poor blacks have been the victims of a cruel bait-and-switch game, where the demographics of all blacks were used as…

The special education voucher program will help a small but deserving group of kids who repeatedly have been denied the opportunities available to their non-disabled peers.

There’s ample evidence that Wisconsin’s prevailing wage law is harming taxpayers and contractors, frustrating good government servants and diverting resources away from those in need.

How to get the UW System more involved in ground-level economic development.

Five stories from around Wisconsin illustrate the need for repeal of prevailing wage.
Authors include Dave Daley, Lori Holly, Greg Pearson, Betsy Thatcher
and Jan Uebelherr

The harder we make it for young people to get on the first rung of the job ladder, the harder it will be to move up.

Twenty-two states provide for election of the chief justice by the court, and none seem to have faced the divisiveness that Wisconsin has experienced.

The funding disparity between UWM and UW-Madison reflects that the two institutions have sharply different histories and are in many ways two different animals.

There is strong public support for special needs vouchers: 62% of Wisconsin residents support such a program, according to a WPRI poll.

Come hear author Charles C.W. Cooke explain

Congressman Paul Ryan could not help himself. There he was at a Racine school last week, listening as teachers described a pilot program that helps kids back away from fights and reduces bullying.

Federal grants-in-aid, in truth, are anything but free. Many serve a valid purpose. But they also can drive up federal and state spending, taxes and debt.

The new year brought new signs of momentum for the Wisconsin economy.