Alleged theft stalls state payments to Milwaukee choice school

By   /  March 13, 2013  /  Accountability, Children, Education, Featured, Fraud, law enforcement, Wisconsin  /  5 Comments

A former business manager at a Milwaukee Parental Choice school has been arrested on theft charges, police and a school administrator confirm

By Ryan Ekvall | Wisconsin Reporter
MILWAUKEE – The Wednesday morning arrest of a former employee at a Milwaukee Parental Choice Program is tied to a state investigation of financial wrongdoing at Emmaus Lutheran, a school serving pre-Kindergarten through 8th-grade students, sources tell Wisconsin Reporter.
Samantha Robinson, a former business manager at Emmaus, is accused of abusing the school’s credit [...]

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Schultz plays familiar role as WI Republican dissenter

By   /  February 20, 2013  /  Assembly, Children, Education, Featured, Governor, Legislature, News, Politics, school choice, Senate, State Budgets, State Senate, Wisconsin  /  3 Comments

State Sen. Dale Schultz, R-Richland Center, stands in opposition to Gov. Scott Walker's school choice proposal, but this time he's joined by fellow Republicans.

By M.D. Kittle | Wisconsin Reporter
MADISON – Dale Schultz is no stranger to the role of dissenting voice.
While the Richland Center Republican has voted with his party the vast majority of his 30 years in the Legislature, he’s played the role of maverick on more than a few key occasions.
Schultz stood alone, the sole Senate [...]

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Vacant schools costing taxpayers millions

By   /  February 11, 2013  /  Children, Education, Featured, News, public sector, Taxes, Wasteful spending, Wisconsin  /  1 Comment

True To Your School> Milwaukee and several other U.S. cities each count at least 20 vacant schools on the taxpayer bill, according to a new study.

More than 300 empty school buildings stand vacant in a dozen U.S. cities, costing taxpayers millions of dollars, according to a study by the Pew Charitable Trust.

But the costs of publicly funded idle buildings to taxpayers and society at large are much more pronounced, contend Milwaukee school-choice advocates, who contend they are being shut out of the public school buyers’ market.

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Gun safety for Missouri first-graders and other firearms bills

By   /  January 31, 2013  /  Children, Featured, Gun control, Missouri, News, State Government, State Politics  /  No Comments

BROWN: Teaching children what to do when guns are present will keep them safer.

A Missouri senator wants to teach first-graders about gun safety.

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Even if you’re thin, you’ll pay for Sen. Harkin’s fat fatwa

By   /  January 24, 2013  /  Accountability, Children, Featured, Federal Government, Health Care, News, Regulations, Transparency, U.S. House, U.S. Senate, Wisconsin  /  4 Comments

U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin's bill aims to battle obesity, chronic disease, with a super-sized menu of government programs.

You know what they say: The government helps those who won’t help themselves.

Exhibit A: U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin’s fatwa on fat and individual responsibility, the Healthier Lifestyles and Prevention America Act, also known as the HeLP America Act.

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