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• Milwaukee Public Schools Approve $1.6 Billion Budget Amid Low Proficiency Rates - TrueNorthNews

• All 9 Dem Governor Candidates Are Hong Lite - David Blaska

• ”You Did Such a Great Job!” - Jon Russo

Milwaukee Public Schools Approve $1.6 Billion Budget Amid Low Proficiency Rates

TrueNorthNews - June 1, 2026

This week, the Milwaukee Public School Board approved their revised budget of $1.6 billion, including adding classroom staff and cutting central office positions.

In the 2023-2024 school year, the Milwaukee Public School District (MPS) received $15.3 billion in revenue, equal to about $18,592 a student, an all time high even after inflation. However, the districts are proving to have less success, while having a higher price.

On December 1st of last year, the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction released its first early literacy report. The report showed that students scoring below the 25th percentile on the required reading exam must receive additional support, including personal reading plans.

From 4K to third grade, it was reported that 36.8%, 97,414 children, scored below the 25th percentile. Students in the First Grade struggled the most with about 47% of students falling below the 25th percentile benchmark. On the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress, only 31% of Wisconsin fourth graders performed at or above the proficient reading level, while 61% reached at least the basic level.

All 9 Dem Governor Candidates Are Hong Lite

David Blaska, Blaska Policy Werkes - May 28, 2026

They just don’t curse as much.

Despite the best efforts of John Nichols to mainstream and Main Street his fellow/sister socialist Francesca Hong, voters in rural Lafayette County — “about as far as you can get from the urban centers and college campuses” — are not fretting over “the fate of Palestinians in Gaza,” as he ludicrously claims at The Capital Times.

Rural Wisconsin is more likely to be exercised over the cost of fuel, the price corn brings on the commodity markets, and DEI indoctrination in their schools. No, John, what 80% of over-taxed Wisconsin wants, as polled by Marquette Law School, is their surplus rebate checks and school property tax relief — which Hong and her party oppose because it’s not income redistribution.

Pro-Hamas hardliners like Bernie Sanders, A.O.C., Zohran Mamdani, State Rep. Hong (D-Madison), and U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Hamas) have captured the Democrat(ic) party.

“You did such a great job!”

Jon Russo, Creators Syndicate - May 29, 2026