Coming change in law could ease Wisconsin housing supply
Nicholas McFaden Menard Family Initiative‘By-right development’ means simpler approval for projects that fit zoning codes Homes have become less affordable in Wisconsin, and some of the blame has been pinned onto delays that result…
Policy Brief: Could Wisconsin eliminate its income tax?
Wyatt EichholzStates 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…
How Michigan is going nuclear again
Bruce Edward WalkerBlue state provides blueprint for purple Wisconsin America’s energy grids are strained as electricity demand continues to grow exponentially, and zero-emission goals are diminishing so-called “baseload” generating capacity. Palisades Nuclear…
Why certain Wisconsinites feel particularly poor (or rich)
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,…
Minnesota and Illinois losing billions in income as residents flee high taxes
Mark LisheronMediocre Wisconsin looks good in comparison to tax hells to the west and south Wisconsin is hardly a taxpayer’s paradise, unless you look to its neighboring states to the south…
If we lose the Electoral College, we lose the country
Badger InstituteProminent defender to speak in Mequon about a bulwark against tyranny of the majority Michael Maibach As progressives begin to launch election-season attacks on the Electoral College, Michael Maibach is…
Policy brief: Legal cannabis’ impact on physical and mental health
Patrick McIlheranWhat Wisconsinites should know Editor’s note: Marijuana affects its users mentally and physically — that much has long been known. As more states legalize its use, research is making clearer…
Milwaukee Historic Preservation Commission’s focus should be a thing of the past
Mike NicholsHousing market and financing shouldn’t be its concern Key members of the Milwaukee Historic Preservation Commission seem to think their job is to assess housing availability, make sure developers can…
Fourteen months after deal with Legislature, still no cops in MPS schools
Milwaukee stiff-arms Legislature but takes sales tax money Once again, there will be no police officers in Milwaukee Public Schools when classes begin this Tuesday, violating a requirement that is…
Prairie-chickens and the land-eating solar industry
“Why should we destroy our environment just so the big cities can have power?” Who would have guessed that the greater prairie-chicken is the sort to get all NIMBY in…