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Abbi Kruse: Childcare providers facing funding cliff across Wisconsin

Wisconsin can choose to invest in children during the years when development is most rapid and intervention is most effective, or we can continue paying far higher costs later through remedial education, mental health services, workforce shortages and other social support. The bill does not disappear. It arrives later, with interest.

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Bill Kaplan: Plutocracy and vanity overshadow July 4th

The column below reflects the views of the author, and these opinions are neither endorsed nor supported by WisOpinion.com. July 4th is a bipartisan treasured national holiday celebrating the end of British colonial rule and our independence. America is based

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Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities: We Belong: BPDD response to U.S. Justice Department memo challenging right to community integration for people with disabilities

The U.S. Department of Justice released an opinion last week that argues core civil rights laws—the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act, and the 1999 Supreme Court Olmstead decision–do not require states to integrate people with disabilities into the community. U.S.

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Dunn County Board of Supervisors: Considers new highway building

MENOMONIE, Wis.  — The Dunn County Board of Supervisors is considering plans for a new highway storage building and other improvements to address safety and other concerns at the county’s current facilities.  In a recent board presentation, County Manager Dan Dunbar said cramped and outdated storage conditions at the current facility at 3303 U.S. 12 in Menomonie are hazardous for

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Wisconsin Council of Religious and Independent Schools: The Milwaukee Voucher Program is now a literal lifeline for minority families after Friday’s court decision

Voucher Students are only 7% of all Wisconsin K-12 Students.  As courts continue dismantling race-based student aid programs, the Milwaukee voucher program stands out as a legally sound, proven alternative for delivering educational equality to minority students.  Almost 80% of Milwaukee voucher students are minority, and the average

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UW-Eau Claire: True Blu: Kim Wudi

Twenty years ago, as she cried on a bus, Kim Wudi’s future was at a crossroads. She had just experienced the highlight of her life, coaching in the NCAA volleyball tournament, but was headed back to the University of Wisconsin-Eau

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