DPI Is About to Change the Rules — Again
Starting Tuesday, the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) is gathering a committee of educators in Madison to overhaul the star-rating system used to rate schools and districts across Wisconsin. It’ll be the fourth major change in five years.
During my July 15 Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Senate hearing, Voices of the Vaccine Injured, we heard from those whose lives were devastated by vaccine injuries and deaths, as well as fatal diseases that vaccines were intended to prevent.
All of the witnesses presented powerful testimony and engaged in respectful discussion. I believe all of these stories needed to be told and heard. I sincerely hope that the hearing helped to bridge the gap and demonstrate how to heal and unify our horribly divided nation. Watch my opening statement here.
As Chairman of the House Veterans’ Affairs Economic Opportunity Subcommittee, one of my top priorities is ensuring those who’ve served our nation can achieve and maintain homeownership. However, veterans – like all Americans – can fall on hard times and may need assistance to avoid foreclosing on their home.
In the ever-evolving landscape of American politics, where headlines often dwell on controversy rather than accomplishment, it becomes even more important to highlight the efforts of leaders who genuinely strive to serve their constituents and strengthen their communities. Congressman Derrick Van Orden is one such individual whose dedication, vision, and tangible work merit recognition and appreciation.
Last week, Congressman Derrick Van Orden toured a senior assisted living facility in Altoona after recovering $4 million in funds for the facility.
A recent report from the Institute for Family Studies found that divorce rates, although still high, are steadily falling in the United States. Over the last 55 years the risk of and rate of divorce has dropped. In addition, the number of couples having children outside of marriage has leveled off, and the number of children with married parents is rising. These trends show an encouraging trajectory for marriage and families in the coming years.
I wanted to make sure you saw this article from the Pierce County Journal on my recent visits to Ellsworth Middle School and the Ellsworth Chamber of Commerce.
My latest monthly interview with Pam Jahnke of the Mid-West Farm Report is now available.
For our August edition, we continued our previous discussion on the 2025-27 state budget and went more in-depth about the appropriations that impact our agriculture industry and rural communities. We also talked about how federal changes could affect our state.
I recently had the opportunity to join Congressman Derrick Van Orden and state Sen. Cory Tomczyk for a small business roundtable at Altmann Construction in Wisconsin Rapids.
The purpose of the gathering was to hear from business owners about the bureaucratic red tape that prevents them from being able to hire more employees.
According to a study by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, Wisconsin is ranked as the 13th most regulated state in the country. This is mainly due to all the regulatory rules set by our state agencies.
I recently toured a TDS construction site outside of Fennimore. The Lancaster-based crew was laying fiber to connect hundreds of homes in the area to reliable, high-speed internet.
This project is part of TDS’s efforts in Grant County to connect Southwestern Wisconsin to reliable broadband. They are using federal Enhanced Alternative Connect America Cost Model (E-ACAM) money and will eventually connect or upgrade 1,200 homes to reliable 100/20 megabits per second (Mbsp) service.
Under the Joe Biden Administration where was the liberty and justice for the victims of illegal immigrants? Where was the liberty and justice for the medical personnel that questioned the safety and effectiveness of the COVID vaccine and then lost their prestigious positions because they questioned the government-run narrative?
DPI numbers show public schools could do much better
Critics of school choice often lean on a talking point that goes like this: Wisconsin can’t afford two systems of schools, so we should have only one.
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