The City Plan Commission of the Appleton Common Council will hold several public hearings this week, with several related action items planned for discussion. The agenda includes a hearing asking for public input on a proposed temporary (12-month) development moratorium in the city for "hyperscale data centers." 

Understanding where we are today with Social Security is important when it comes to creating a solution that most people will understand. It is also important to know the elements that need to be considered in any solution including the full retirement age that benefits can start, the amount of benefits, and for how long benefits will need to be provided.

Why in the world would candidates like Tom Tiffany and all of the other real Republicans not be pounding the education issue? Take Milwaukee, Dane and Brown counties. Take a hard look at the failure of their public schools. Take a hard look at the crime and poverty linked directly to those school systems.

At ACT, we will continue to look at these TIF districts and question why we are developing with a TIF, when doing so only really benefits the developer. You, the taxpayer, are basically putting in infrastructure that developers should be doing in parks.

According to the 2020 Census, nearly SIX TIMES as many people in Outagamie County are Catholic: 62,763 Catholics versus an estimated 10,725 LGBTQIA+. Add in the numbers who belong to other Christian faiths, and you can see how many more people in Outagamie County are Christian than LGBTQIA+. So why is the Pride Flag being flown at the County Courthouse, but the Christian flag cannot be?

Following Wednesday’s announcement that the Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear a challenge to Act 10, the Institute for Reforming Government (IRG) is warning that the case could have major consequences for Wisconsin taxpayers, local governments and public schools.

Following Wednesday’s announcement that the Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear a challenge to Act 10, the Institute for Reforming Government (IRG) is warning that the case could have major consequences for Wisconsin taxpayers, local governments and public schools.