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Evers appoints replacement for University of Wisconsin regent who refuses to step down
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Tony Evers appointed a bankruptcy attorney Friday to replace a conservative-leaning Universities of Wisconsin regent who is refusing to step down, setting up another potential confirmation stalemate in the Republican-controlled state Senate. Evers announced that he has appointed Tim Nixon to succeed Robert...
Wisconsin child care workers and doggie daycare workers make nearly the same wages
If you search Google for the lowest-paying jobs in America, chances are "child care workers” will pop up. This holds true in Wisconsin. The median hourly wage of Wisconsin child care workers is $13.78, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics May 2023 data. Nationwide, it's $14.60. Despite the...
Gov. Evers 'waiting to see' if MPS superintendent should lose job over missing financial reports
MADISON - Gov. Tony Evers said he’s waiting for more information before judging whether Milwaukee Public Schools Superintendent Keith Posley should lose his job after the district failed to submit crucial financial reports. "We know one problem: they didn’t submit the information that they needed to for quite some time," Evers said after...
MPS finance problem: Dismantling school district a familiar question
MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee Public Schools financial report delays could cost the district millions of dollars and impact every school district in the state, the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction announced Wednesday. With the federal Head Start program suspending money for MPS, and the DPI announcing the district is at risk...
West De Pere's Bethany Counard named a Wisconsin Teacher of the Year
Bethany Counard is a quiet all star, as her principal at West De Pere Middle School would say. Despite being named a Wisconsin Teacher of the Year, one of five from across the state, Counard isn’t sure if there is anything about her teaching that is particularly notable. “I, like many others, we just...
Colleges agree to pay athletes, Search for common ground on abortion, Representing everyone in the theater
We learn about the legal settlement that would allow colleges to pay student athletes. Then, we hear about an effort to find compromise on abortion. Then, we look at how a theater company is increasing representation in the dramatic arts. Settlement would allow paying college athletes. An antitrust settlement would...
Conor Waterstreet Earns a Bill-Signing Pen
When Sturgeon Bay High School student Conor Waterstreet – now 18 and a 2024 graduate – got a bill “signed into law” in 2022 by the YMCA’s Youth in Government program, he didn’t think it would become an actual Wisconsin law. But it did.
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