Wisconsin school districts were initially slow to spend pandemic stimulus aid, but are now on track to exhaust the money by the September 2024 deadline, according to a new report.Wisconsin’s public…
IRG’s CIO Exposes UW-Madison’s Unconstitutional Faculty Hiring Program Report Highlighted in Wall Street Journal Exposes TOP Program and demands answers and full transparency from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. WHAT IS IT: IRG’s…
The Supreme Court’s decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard reaffirmed the court’s view that race-based governmental decision-making as a general matter is hardly ever permissible. Universities hoping to escape constitutional…
WHAT HAPPENED:Governor Evers signed the 2023-2025 state budget, but not before issuing 51 partial vetoes, including vetoes that remove 95% of the income tax relief that was included in the…
WHAT HAPPENED Since its January release, the Institute for Reforming Government’s (IRG) K-12 COVID Relief ESSER III Audit has driven statewide momentum for financial transparency and made swifter action for…
WHAT IS IT: IRG’s team of policy experts did an analysis of the legislature’s budget proposal with a focus on big items you need to know. WHY DOES IT MATTER:…
(Wisconsin Daily Star) – Report: Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers Uses Third-Party Funding from the United Nations Foundation to Pay for Far-Left Climate Change Initiatives(WI Daily Star) – The Republican-controlled Wisconsin…
(Forbes) – Wisconsin Lawmakers Unveil Plan To Cut Income Tax Rates, Democratic Governor Dumps On It(Forbes) – Wisconsin Republicans, who hold a supermajority in the state senate and a near-supermajority…
(Center Square Wisconsin) – Tax-reform group asks ‘Where are Wisconsin’s tax cuts?’(The Center Square) – Wisconsin lawmakers are fast-tracking a plan to send $500 million to local governments, spend $1…
A note from IRG Hamilton Roddis Fellow Andrew Mazza: The Wisconsin Policy Forum released a report this Tuesday calling attention to the 16.4% turnover and 17.7% vacancy rates of FY…
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