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Republican lawmakers release details of K-12 spending plan, including increases for in-person schools

MADISON - Republican lawmakers writing the next state budget plan to provide schools with $150 million in new state funding — less than 10% of what Democratic Gov. Tony Evers proposed for schools — and will steer more federal stimulus funding toward districts that provided in-person instruction during the coronavirus pandemic.    The details of the GOP spending plan for schools over the next two years were released Thursday, days after Assembly Speaker Robin Vos of Rochester and Senate P...

View Comments At this time last year, Wisconsin state park campgrounds remained closed on what is traditionally the kickoff to the summer camping season.   Once they reopened in June, they were busier than ever, as people sought places to get away safely while other indoor attractions remained closed.   A few outdoor attractions stayed closed for the summer, too, from Rock Island State Park to Parfreys Glen.   The legendary Tommy Bartlett Show in Wisconsin Dells closed permanently, and ...

These Wisconsin tourist attractions were closed in 2020 but are open again Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel At this time last year, Wisconsin state park campgrounds remained closed on what is traditionally the kickoff to the summer camping season.   Once they reopened in June, they were busier than ever, as people sought places to get away safely while other indoor attractions remained closed.   A few outdoor attractions stayed closed for the summer, too, from Rock...

Mahler Sothebys International Realty Frank Lloyd Wright isn’t the only esteemed Chicago architect whose work is in little Spring Green, Wis. Across the road from Wright’s 800-acre Taliesin estate, a  house designed by Chicago architecture firm Wheeler Kearns is on the market for the first time since it was built in 2013.  Wheeler Kearns designed the glassy, low-lying house to “genuflect to the great one on the hilltop across the road,” said its owner Daniel Marquardt. A retired former...

/ The bill would get rid of the additional federal unemployment benefit for Wisconsin residents, but would not affect the state’s unemployment compensation program. On Tuesday, the state Senate Committee on Labor and Regulatory Reform met to discuss a bill that would bring an end to the $300 federal unemployment supplement for Wisconsin residents. Republican Sen. Howard Marklein of Spring Green was the first to speak at the hearing. He said local businesses in his district, and across the sta...

Gateway to summer Tommie Smith, a 1968 Olympics gold medalist and lifelong activist. Tommie Smith Awards, Thursday, May 27, 6:30 p.m.: A new collaborative event coordinated by Madison College and UW-Whitewater, the Tommie Smith Awards recognizes area athletes who are also working for positive change in their communities. The event is named for lifelong social justice activist Tommie Smith, who along with fellow medalist John Carlos made the world take notice with the “clenched fist” ...

Republicans declined to approve Democratic Gov. Tony Evers plan to increase funding for housing and homeless programs by more than $70 million.

Isthmus Picks for May 20-27 features a return to live theater from American Players Theatre and Madison Shakespeare Company, virtual community leadership awards presentations from YWCA Madison and Madison College, and much more.

View Comments The state Public Service Commission will launch $100 million in broadband grant funding in the next two weeks from the federal American Rescue Plan Act, Gov. Tony Evers said Tuesday. Its the initial batch of federal funds to be allocated for expanding high-speed internet service across the state, according to the governor, and its more than the state has spent on broadband expansion grants since 2013. Evers said hes also urged the Legislature to allocate about an additional $200 ...