“Free” Milwaukee streetcar costing over $5 million annually
Mark LisheronFederal pandemic funds no longer available for operating costs Facing a $5 million bill to run the free streetcar known as The Hop next year, Alderman Scott Spiker wondered if…
Badger Institute issues new statement on Rich Lowry
Mike NicholsShortly before our Oct. 1 annual dinner, we learned about a conversation Rich Lowry, editor of National Review and at the time our scheduled speaker, had on the Megyn Kelly…
Government overregulation stymies broadband buildout in rural Wisconsin
Pricey federal plan produces no results yet; observers down on prospects Government overregulation is imperiling the start of a $1 billion plan to expand broadband service to the hardest-to-reach places…
AEI report: Harris’ housing plan will cost Milwaukee homebuyers thousands
Wyatt EichholzVice 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…
Hot demand for houses runs into Dane County’s Land of No
Patrick McIlheranMany things can stymie development, but there are pathways to yes If a home in Madison, Wisconsin’s most rapidly growing metropolis, is increasingly hard to afford… And it is: The…
More headway on increasing nuclear power
Badger InstituteThe Biden administration’s climate adviser told a “sustainability conference” this week that the president wants to reactivate decommissioned nuclear power plants. Investors already have announced plans to restart the dormant…
Badger State dominates plummeting U.S. mink production
Michael JahrMink pelt output is shrinking, but new markets may be on the rise At estate sales on Wisconsin family farms, you sometimes find what look like rustic surf boards for…
Milwaukee moves, but slowly, to deal with underused buildings
Consultants’ figures prove critics right as state’s largest district continues to shrink Andrew Douglas Middle School, 11% utilized Wisconsin’s largest school district, whose voters narrowly approved a quarter-billion dollar increase…
Milwaukee’s strange hero in a politically violent time
‘Freedom fighter’ took a pistol to a legislative debate Lest anyone doubt his intentions, the man charged as a would-be assassin of a U.S. presidential candidate left a letter, made…
Clean energy, governor? We have some reading on that
As Tony Evers tours schools to talk of energy, here’s some background Wisconsin is nearing the end of what Gov. Tony Evers proclaimed “Clean Energy Week,” and the Badger Institute offers ample…