Wisconsin Right Now

Milwaukee’s superintendent could soon be out of a job. The city’s school board will meet late Monday afternoon to discuss Superintendent Keith Posley’s future. The meeting comes after Milwaukee parents' blowback over proposed budget cuts, the state's threat to withhold millions of dollars in school aid, and activists in the city's demand for “accountability.” “These are serious violations that directly call into question MPS’ financial stewardship of taxpayer dollars. We are dismayed, though not surprised, that our concerns have been proven well-founded – and we repeat our calls that Milwaukee cannot afford for business as usual to continue at MPS,” City Forward Collective Executive Director Colleston Morgan Jr. said Friday. Posley has not answered questions about how MPS missed last year’s deadline for two state-required financial reports. Last week, Wisconsin’s Department of Public Instruction threatened to withhold $15 million in general state and special edu...

In March, Michigan repealed its right to work law through the new majority Democratic legislature. The right to work law could be the next issue headed for voters and perhaps the Wisconsin Constitution. The Institute for Reforming Government is working on a constitutional amendment that would ensure Gov. Tony Evers or the new liberal-majority Supreme Court could not roll back the state’s 2015 law that stopped unions from requiring membership. “Lawmakers need to enshrine worker freedom in the state constitution,” Chris Reader, executive vice president of the group, told The Center Square. "To not act could allow union bosses to once again force workers to join unions and pay fees and dues against their will if their lawsuit is successful Wisconsin became the 25th state in the nation to ban mandatory union membership when former Gov. Scott Walker signed the law. But it has remained unpopular with Democrats and labor unions. There has been a resurgence in talk about po...