Robocars vs. overpriced groceries
Patrick McIlheranAnd the real reason Wisconsin won’t join the modern world and let cars operate without drivers With automated, driverless robotaxis carrying paying passengers in at least half a dozen cities,…
Antiquated Wisconsin law doesn’t allow driverless vehicles
Patrick McIlheran 38 Mark LisheronState stuck at red light Image generated with AI technology As self-driving taxis roll out across much of America, Wisconsinites won’t be seeing them without some changes to existing law.…
Plenty of time left for good policy in Wisconsin Legislature
Unfinished business includes ways of blocking corrosive ideas and permitting freedom to flourish Wisconsin’s biennial budget is passed and lawmakers are out of Madison, at least until after Labor Day.…
The truth about MPS, who makes it to graduation and who doesn’t
Mike NicholsThe flacks for the Milwaukee Public Schools put out a press release the other day, the sort of thing they issue at this time of year, bragging that 1,056 recent…
Wisconsin’s retirement income exclusion will shift tax burdens to working families over time
Katherine LougheadWith Republican legislative leaders and Democratic Gov. Tony Evers having reached and passed a budget deal for Wisconsin’s 2025-27 biennium (fiscal years 2026 and 2027), it is worth examining two…
Taxpayers getting jobbed
Mark LisheronNorthern Wisconsin Job Corps center spent $290,000 per graduate on ineffective training A federal judge’s injunction Wednesday is blocking the Trump Administration from saving $1.7 billion annually and closing down…
Cursing the rain — and tax cuts — cuz everyone benefits
Progressives object because proposed Wisconsin relief goes to people they envy Rain is proverbially indiscriminate. It falls over whole swaths of thirsty land, not caring nor asking whether the cornfield belongs…
Much to like in Republicans’ tax plan
But part should be jettisoned, and we need to keep working toward flat tax The best part about legislative Republicans’ proposed tax measure is that it really does cut taxes…
End to federal public TV subsidies would save $2 million in Milwaukee
Federal, local tax money to city’s two PBS affiliates is separate from state taxpayer aid to PBS Wisconsin in rest of state Federal taxpayers will save at least $2 million…
Without legislative change, dwindling ranks of young accountants will flee Wisconsin
As nearby states reform, Wisconsin clings to licensure requirements that add little value The numbers don’t lie, and nobody knows that better than all the kids who no longer want…