Yes, there are some very deep public education funding issues in the State of Wisconsin.  But state funding mechanisms are not the sole cause of local school districts' inabilities to fund their activities and budget appropriately.  There should be some very hard questions asked of the Appleton Area School District and their governing board right now.

The first discussion of a potential Wheel Tax came at a Special Town Board meeting held on June 23, 2026, at 9:00 AM. Only two residents, myself and one other, were in attendance at the special meeting. That means, with only one discussion, and without seeking any resident input, the Board, in a vacuum, created a new Town tax in just a two-week period. This special Town Board meeting raised several issues.

The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) released The Wisconsin Education Comeback: A Roadmap for Student Success, a comprehensive policy agenda offering 26 recommendations to reverse Wisconsin's academic decline and restore the state's place among the nation's top education performers.

I have questions about the Wilden Portfolio Park development (at Thrivent) and the proposal that Appleton create a 14th Tax Incremental District (TID) to help incentivize this development. The Appleton City Council should consider both sides of this pancake. The colorful sprinkles presented by Thrivent’s request to create a Tax ID are all obtainable without a TID.

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?

Wisconsin Congressman Tony Wied visited with members of Wisconsin Sea Grant, The Nature Conservancy, and NEW Water, who are all part of the East River Collaborative to discuss several environmental programs and resiliency efforts that are taking place in Green Bay and communities throughout Northeast Wisconsin.

The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) released The Wisconsin Education Comeback: A Roadmap for Student Success, a comprehensive policy agenda offering 26 recommendations to reverse Wisconsin's academic decline and restore the state's place among the nation's top education performers.