Weekly Review - December 23, 2025

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December 23, 2025

Articles In This Issue

State Rep. Amanda Nedweski (R-Pleasant Prairie, 32nd District) Speaks on School Tax Increases

Wisconsin has lost more than 53,000 students in the last decade — yet Democrats think the answer is to throw even MORE money at half-empty buildings. Wisconsin already has some of the highest property tax rates in the country. Governor Evers’ 400-year property tax increase will only make the burden on families worse. Today, we passed voluntary reforms that give school districts real options:

  • Incentives for consolidation

  • Tools to share staff and reduce duplication

  • Protection for taxpayers

  • Greater access to academic offerings.

You can’t fix declining birth rates by raising taxes and spending more. These bills offer sustainable, long-term solutions that put students and taxpayers first.

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Rep. Amanda Nedweski

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The right ideas — from ‘the wrong guy’

David Blaska, Blaska Policy Werkes - December 18, 2025

News photograph shows Milwaukee Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan leaving the federal courthouse after the third day of trial Wednesday. The injudicious judge is charged with helping an illegal alien escape. Shouldn’t the judge herself be leaving through the secret, backstairs passageway?

You know you’re in trouble when a fellow judge testifies against you and there’s a voice recording of you saying, “I’ll take the heat.” (Didn’t Jimmy Cagney say that?) We predict jury nullification but if convicted, that’s one pardon Trump does not issue.

Amateur…

Tom Stiglich, Creators Syndicate - December 18, 2025