Third in a series on the changing world of teachers and teaching. For previous reports, see Wisconsin student enrollment and teacher staffing trends and To what extent are school districts…
Economic theory and history show they instead limit supply and raise costs Milwaukee is one of the most competitive cities for renters in the country, a report in the Wall Street Journal…
Part of a series on the cost of homes in Wisconsin. Previously: A tiny house in the land of lakes and giant prices. Household must earn $108,000 to afford median home…
Second in a series on the changing world of teachers and teaching. For the first report, see Wisconsin student enrollment and teacher staffing trends. Read report as PDF Teacher turnover…
First in a series on the changing world of teachers and teaching Wisconsin’s public schools are losing students faster than districts are downsizing their staff, analysis of data from the…
Vice President Kamala Harris’ new housing down payment assistance proposal, which would give $25,000 to qualifying first-time home buyers, would dramatically increase housing prices, particularly in Midwestern metro areas such…
Ever interested in how Wisconsin can spend less on government, we found fewer examples of parsimonious politicians elsewhere in America than we’d hoped. How does Wisconsin’s spending compare to other…
States without one turn to unique sources of revenue or growth-hindering options Some are calling for elimination of Wisconsin’s individual income tax, which currently produces over $9 billion in annual…
A county-by-county interactive analysis of inflation-adjusted wages Wisconsin is split. A county-by-county analysis shows that while some residents are seeing real growth in their wages — 12% in Lafayette County,…
The odds of a UW-Madison pre-tenured professor’s political donation going to Republican are only 1 in 490, according to an analysis by outgoing UW political science professor Ryan Owens and…
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