Despite federal probe, Black students remain disproportionately expelled at Milwaukee Public Schools
Despite the U.S. Department of Education’s claim that MPS leaders’ past comments about “systemic whiteness” led the district toward race-conscious discipline, Black students were still expelled more than any other group.
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Elections
Tom Tiffany swims to safety after plane makes emergency lake landing
Tiffany, the Republican gubernatorial candidate, said his plane began to submerge after he made an emergency landing in Lake Wausau.
Learn more about the three Wisconsin constitutional amendments on the Nov. 3 ballot
The proposals would limit the governor’s veto power, allow religious gatherings during health emergencies and ban government DEI programs.
Milwaukee audit logs show no evidence of election fraud, experts say
Conspiracy theories circulated after the Milwaukee error in August, but logs of what happened reveal nothing askew.
Fact Briefs – bite-sized fact checks of trending claims
Have major Milwaukee County taxes generally increased under David Crowley?
Yes. Milwaukee County sales and property taxes have increased under County Executive David Crowley.
Has Tom Tiffany supported Donald Trump’s positions the vast majority of the time?
Yes. Different counts put Tiffany’s support for Trump’s position at 93-100% of the time.
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Opinion
Guest opinion: Beyond screen time — Wisconsin should focus on the features that keep teens engaged
As Wisconsin lawmakers weigh how to protect teens from potential risks of social media, they face a difficult question, Stan Gottfredson writes: How should they regulate risks that researchers are still working to define?
Guest opinion: Wisconsin has tried to improve reading for decades. Will this time be different?
After years of stalled literacy efforts, Wisconsin’s latest reading law offers a fresh test of whether schools, policymakers and the public can stick with reform, Jim Zellmer writes.
Guest opinion: What Wisconsin’s Democratic primary reveals about data center politics
Voters’ views on data centers may be more nuanced than a simple for-or-against debate, Rob Smith and Devan Patel of the Joseph Rainey Center for Public Policy write.
