Law enforcement, school officials and people with personal ties to Wisconsin’s opioid epidemic spoke Thursday at a legislative hearing on three of the 11 bills that are part of a special session on drug addiction. Shamane Mills reports.
A new study from the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty shows students at the state’s charters and private schools participating in voucher programs got better scores on the ACT and the state test, Forward Exam, than those at traditional public schools. Avory Brookins reports.
At 55, Officer Gary Gothner is the oldest cop patrolling the streets of Superior, but he won’t be driving a squad car for much longer. In April, Gothner is hanging it up after 26 years with the city’s Police Department. But Gothner isn’t the only one thinking about when it might be time to go. He’s among 236 public safety workers in the state who are eligible to retire this year, and state figures from the Employee Trust Fund show the number of those professionals eligible for retirement is increasing by about one-third over the next five years. Danielle Kaeding reports.
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