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Weekly Review - January 6, 2026
Four Lakes Voices is a free online publication diving into Dane County, Wisconsin, and National politics. Please share with your friends!
Publication Manager & Editor Four Lakes Voices
January 06, 2026
Articles In This Issue
$69K Limousines, $3K Dinners: Inside Evers’ Europe Trip
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers (D-WI), his wife, several security officers, and his staff went to France and Germany earlier in 2025 on a goodwill mission that reportedly cost taxpayers $160,000, according to public records obtained by State Senator Cory Tomczyk (R-WI, Mosinee). |  |
In a trip being dubbed “Luxury Travel on the Public,” the state sent the group, along with former Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. (WEDC) Secretary and CEO Missy Hughes and WEDC staff to Germany and France earlier this year.
Madison public schools are disproportionately stupid
Madison’s public schools have a “coordinator for progressive discipline.” Things we never knew, thanks to Chris Rickert, writing for our favorite local morning newspaper. Yes, you with your hand up in the back: Isn’t “Progressive discipline” like saying “peaceful war”? (George Orwell, report to the principal’s office.)
In the 10 years since Jennifer Cheatham cursed Madison students with her race-obsessed Behavior Education Plan, “the district hasn’t been able to reduce the ‘stubborn disproportionalities” of black students representing 62% of the students tossed out of school despite comprising 23% of enrollment. |  |