News by Glenn Minnis

New price tag for Biden's college loan forgiveness, which Wisconsin's Barnes refuses to comment on: 'likely to total $1 trillion over the next decade'

By Glenn Minnis | Sep 9, 2022

A new Issues and Insights report warns President Joe Biden’s debt forgiveness plan will exacerbate the economic impact of federal financing for college education.

Tony Evers: '#BacktoSchool season is one of my favorite times of the year'

By Glenn Minnis | Sep 8, 2022

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers recently spent time traversing much of the state in promotion of his “Do the Right Thing” agenda.

Racine's Wait on election fraud charges: 'I'm glad I did it'

By Glenn Minnis | Sep 8, 2022

Now facing up to 13 years behind bars for actions he has admitted to, Racine resident Henry Wait insists he has few regrets.

President of Stars and Stripes Honor Flights: 'We are thrilled to welcome our veterans' to Washington

By Glenn Minnis | Sep 7, 2022

The Green Bay Packers, Milwaukee Bucks and Milwaukee Brewers are poised to join forces early next month in sponsoring three planeloads of local veterans on the Stars and Stripes Honor Flight's 65th mission.

Mike Pompeo: 'Joe Biden isn't forgiving student loan debt, he's subsidizing college tuition'

By Glenn Minnis | Sep 6, 2022

Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is warning that President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan stands to make the problem of rising tuition costs an even greater issue for future generations.

Madison Mayor Rhodes-Conway: 'City-County announces additional $9 million investment in men’s homeless shelter'

By Glenn Minnis | Sep 5, 2022

Dane County Executive Joe Parisi and Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway have announced plans for a $9 million investment in the state’s first shelter for homeless men across the city.

Evers on Biden's upcoming visit to Wisconsin: 'We have a good relationship and so I'm looking forward to it'

By Glenn Minnis | Sep 3, 2022

Gov. Tony Evers is hoping to make the most of President Joe Biden’s scheduled Labor Day trip to Wisconsin.

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WSJ editorial board on Biden's student loan forgiveness: 'About 70% of the loan relief would go to borrowers in the top 60% of income distribution'

By Glenn Minnis | Aug 28, 2022

Critics of President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program have quickly condemned it as a move that is set to worsen already record-high inflation.

Not all support WisDOT commuter rail plan: 'The transportation nonsense is going to be Wisconsin's downfall'

By Glenn Minnis | Aug 28, 2022

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) is breaking ground on a new commuter rail system that stretches 33 miles of active freight rail from Milwaukee to Kenosha.

A note to Wisconsinites: EVs not suitable for long road trips, unless you spend hours detouring - WSJ

By Glenn Minnis | Aug 27, 2022

Wall Street Journal consumer trend reporter Rachel Wolfe wants consumers who might be considering an electric vehicle to know what they could be up against.

Harvard polling director says Biden's student debt forgiveness is about 'trust in politics, in government, in our system'

By Glenn Minnis | Aug 27, 2022

John Della Volpe, a former campaign consultant for President Joe Biden, hasn’t been shy in weighing on what he feels is fueling the president's loan forgiveness program.

Wisconsin woes: $14.1% inflation rate, $26,000 more to raise each child than 2 years ago

By Glenn Minnis | Aug 23, 2022

As inflation rates continue to skyrocket into realms not seen before, the cost of raising a child through high school is also proving to be sharply on the increase for most American families.

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Biden’s open border policy 'hurts low-income Americans' and Mandela Barnes fails to be an advocate for border security

By Glenn Minnis | Aug 23, 2022

Newsweek Deputy Opinion Editor Batya Ungar-Sargon wants working class citizens to be clear about what she sees as their ongoing victimization."Among Americans, it is the elites who benefit from open borders, people whose professional-class jobs would never be threatened by someone who doesn’t speak English,” Batya Ungar-Sargon said.

LaFleur: Green Bay versus Saints game 'be a great test to see kind of where we stand'

By Glenn Minnis | Aug 21, 2022

Green Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur is hoping to use the next few days and practices to answer a lot of questions about his team going forward.

JPMorgan economists: Inflation Reduction Act will have 'almost no effect' on price growth in Wisconsin

By Glenn Minnis | Aug 19, 2022

Critics of the $750 billion “Inflation Reduction Act of 2022” are warning that the bill ushered through by Democrats doesn’t come close to matching what it claims to be.

3 in 5 Americans concerned about housing affordability, Wisconsin's average rent up 17%

By Glenn Minnis | Aug 18, 2022

With inflation hovering at near record levels and other economic conditions still worsening, most Americans now fear they will be unable to pay housing costs over the next year as the majority of them point to rent increases they have already been forced to deal with over the last 12 months.

Johnson says new Office of Violence Prevention director 'understands the need for results'

By Glenn Minnis | Aug 17, 2022

Alderman Ashanti Hamilton will replace Arnitta Holliman as the city’s new director of the Office of Violence Prevention.

Wisconsin's average household income decreases by $3,295: 'One month's respite is far from the end of this punishing inflation bout'

By Glenn Minnis | Aug 13, 2022

Prices of necessities continue to rise while the national year-over-year average wage earnings are headed in the opposite direction.

Shay on consumers cutting back to afford back-to-school needs: 'They are taking whatever steps they can'

By Glenn Minnis | Aug 12, 2022

With runaway inflation holding steady, more than one out of three American consumers lament they’ve had to readjust their budgets in order to afford high back-to-school shopping prices as the start of the new school year approaches.

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Milwaukee Bucks Foundation offering $250K grants to organizations 'we want to amplify and support,' executive director says