One of the current Appleton City Council members -- Vaya Jones of District 10 -- has submitted her resignation from the council.  To fill the position, the options seem to be either a mayoral appointment of some District 10 neighbor to fill the position or a special election to be held only in District 10 for this position.

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?

Wisconsin State Sen. Rachael Cabral-Guevar will hold a listening session with Rep.-elect Tony Phillips at New London High School on Tuesday, December 1 at 6:00 PM. Please join them to share your thoughts and priorities for the upcoming session.

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.