Women try to make sense of progressive men's rush to excuse Graham Platner
Some women see it as an all-too-common refusal by men to condemn other men for inexcusable behavior, as a shrugging off of something even as serious as rape.
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Lawrence Chamber Music Festival is another hidden gem within the Mile of Music
From Debussy to Dvorak, selections feature classical and current compositions, both exhilarating and meditative.
Women try to make sense of progressive men's rush to excuse Graham Platner
Some women see it as an all-too-common refusal by men to condemn other men for inexcusable behavior, as a shrugging off of something even as serious as rape.
Education
With funding gone, child care owners warn of dire future
A survey estimated 1,000 centers around the state will close -- nearly one in four --and 30,000 more openings will go unfilled. Forty percent anticipate raising tuition 35 percent; 75 percent will have longer waiting lists and 40 percent will have to close some classrooms.
Providers, families worry what happens next now that childcare support has come to an end
The Child Care Bridge Payment Program, which extended childcare stabilization for a year after the end of Child Care Counts, ends on June 30.
Politics
Court restores Act 10 though decision faces near-certain appeal to state Supreme Court
The Appeal Court’s majority decision, signed by conservative Judges Mark Gundrum and Shelley Grogan, argued it was not up to the court to second guess the reasons the legislature included some public employees and not others.
Women try to make sense of progressive men's rush to excuse Graham Platner
Some women see it as an all-too-common refusal by men to condemn other men for inexcusable behavior, as a shrugging off of something even as serious as rape.
Business
Rural Wisconsin is asking the right questions about data centers
Just two proposed projects have requested nearly four gigawatts of electricity. That is more than all Wisconsin households combined. Meeting that demand will drive decisions about power plants, transmission lines, and water systems for decades.
This wealthy Wisconsin congressman keeps aggressively trading stocks; a bipartisan bill would ban the practice
U.S. Rep. Tony Wied, a millionaire who represents Wisconsin's northeastern district, reported at least $1.3 million in trades in February. Experts say it's only a matter of time before his stock trading becomes a problem.
Ideas abound for data center regulations but it's critical that legislation addresses all issues
A recent Marquette Law Poll found that 55% of Wisconsinites believe the costs of AI data centers outweigh the benefits. The results were nearly identical no matter which party the respondents preferred.