Wisconsin Right Now

Twenty-three years after Islamic terrorists used airplanes to conduct the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil, the federal agency created to protect Americans from national security threats “cannot ensure they are keeping high-risk noncitizens without identification from entering the country.” The potentially high-risk noncitizens are being flown on domestic flights without identification, creating a public safety risk, according to the latest Office of Inspector General report assessing several federal agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The OIG has repeatedly published reports identifying potential national security risks created by Biden-Harris policies identified within DHS and its subagencies. In the latest redacted report that has “sensitive security information,” the OIG expressed concerns about Americans’ public safety to the administrators of the Transportation Security Administration, US Customs and Border Protection, and the U.S. Immigration a...

Two years of the coronavirus appear to have changed some of the attitudes toward public schools in Wisconsin, and a majority of Wisconsinites now want school choice to be available to all parents, which is called "universal school choice." The latest Marquette Law School Poll shows over half of voters in the state support school choice and think schools in the state are worse than they were a few years ago. Nearly half say education standards are too low. The numbers on universal school choice come amid growing support for school choice for all (without income or geographic limits). Former Gov. Tommy Thompson, regarded as a father of the school choice movement, has thrown his support for universal school choice. Republican candidates for governor - Rebecca Kleefisch and Kevin Nicholson - also support universal school choice. The Marquette poll shows strong support among Wisconsinites for educational freedom. Support for universal school choice is broad, the poll sh...