It’s simple: parents know best
Patrick McIlheranParental choice and parental guidance are essential Conservatives are sometimes faulted for having one answer, school choice, any time education comes up. To be clear: School choice, the power of…
Jones Act is both a boon and a bane to Wisconsin
Robert VerBruggenCentury-old protection raises costs for anything shipped to or from state — but not enough to overcome shipbuilding industry’s interest The Jones Act, protecting the American maritime industry and driving…
A practical path out of poverty
Mike NicholsEducation, work, marriage, then kids — still the best, though not only, sequence It’s hard to rise up — especially when you’re a single mom with a newborn — but…
Legislators turn up heat on Wisconsin home bakers
Michael JahrProposed cottage food sales cap would be among lowest in the country Wisconsinites who bake food at home for sale in their communities could find their incomes dramatically curtailed under…
Badger Institute’s response to Wisconsin Right Now
Jessica McBride and Jim Piwowarczyk noted in a Wisconsin Right Now piece they ran Monday that Jeremiah Mosteller, a Badger Institute visiting fellow working on our “real facts” policy briefs,…
Medical marijuana: What we know, what we don’t
Badger InstituteRelevant research for considering a potential Wisconsin medical marijuana bill The Badger Institute launched a first-of-its-kind initiative in late 2023 to better understand the impact of both adult recreational and…
Policy Brief: Marijuana legalization’s workforce impact looks positive
Jeremiah MostellerLimited research so far shows lower unemployment, higher workforce participation and lower worker’s compensation claims Editor’s note: Cannabis legalization might be a policy that many would assume is a negative…
Could Wisconsin spend less, live better and be freer?
Our widely disliked and perennially foolish minimum markup law may at last go away Wisconsin has, in state Sen. Rob Hutton, a mad-eyed optimist, for the Brookfield Republican imagines that…
Wisconsin ranks 14th in attempt to foretell social mobility
Index uses existing measures of economy, social capital and other factors to predict opportunity; we trail Minnesota but beat Illinois A new study predicting which states are best equipped for social…
Policy Brief: What research shows about marijuana legalization and rates of use
Making cannabis legal for all adults increases adults’ use of the drug, but evidence on youth use is mixed Editor’s note: Yes, marijuana legalization increases adults’ use. Youth use is…