Medicaid: Wisconsin’s budget buster
Mark LisheronA recent history of the state’s social spending Leviathan As the state Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee begins budget deliberations, Gov. Tony Evers is pushing for a $31.6 billion budget for…
State lawmakers want cops back in Milwaukee Public Schools
But no money for the Hop Assembly Republicans have proposed a sales tax plan for the city of Milwaukee that would put police officers back in Milwaukee Public Schools for…
Pension proposal puts cops back in Milwaukee schools
School safety a key component in local revenue solution Assembly Republicans have proposed a sales tax plan for the city of Milwaukee that would put police officers back in Milwaukee…
Wisconsin lawmakers in the dark on broadband
Legislators have no idea if the state is getting its money’s worth Gov. Tony Evers has asked that Wisconsin spend another $750 million to expand broadband in the state without…
Calls to Police from MPS High Schools Up Dramatically Again
Mayor’s office signals support for putting police back in schools A spokesman for Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson has told the Badger Institute it is “likely that Milwaukee police officers will…
State fails to document billions in federal funds
DOA says it didn’t keep track of $4 billion in emergency spending decisions The public is unlikely to ever know how the state Department of Administration came to decide how…
Analysis: Children’s mental health and the curious case of crisis spending
Sitting on loads of cash, Wisconsin governor wants more pandemic relief funding Few Americans question the physical and mental toll taken by COVID-19 and the government response to it. But when…