Jim Steineke

It's no surprise that education and health care receive the most funding in the state budget. Education spending represents half of the budget. Health care costs represent a third of the budget. What is surprising, however, is the discrepancy in spending increases between these two budgets over recent years.

As the Milwaukee Bucks head into the playoff season, there's a lot going on to make sure they remain a Wisconsin team in the future.

There has been an abundance of media coverage the last few weeks regarding the school accountability debate that has been revived in the State Legislature's new session.