Debate over gas stoves moves to front burner
Mike NicholsNew regulations elsewhere prompt trio of Wisconsin bills Is the left really coming for your gas stove? Wisconsin Republicans, who have introduced legislation ensuring you will be able to continue…
Pension proposal puts cops back in Milwaukee schools
Mark LisheronSchool safety a key component in local revenue solution Assembly Republicans have proposed a sales tax plan for the city of Milwaukee that would put police officers back in Milwaukee…
State lawmakers want cops back in Milwaukee Public Schools
But no money for the Hop Assembly Republicans have proposed a sales tax plan for the city of Milwaukee that would put police officers back in Milwaukee Public Schools for…
Gov. Evers’ wide world of diversity, equity and inclusion
Ken WysockyRepublicans vow to strip DEI officers from budget proposal Tucked away in Gov. Tony Evers’ proposed budget is nearly $3 million for a new cabinet-level chief equity officer and 18…
Economist vindicates Act 10 and common sense
Patrick McIlheranRewards for good teaching, wins for kids Recently a Yale professor wrote something that was astonishing because it shouldn’t have been astonishing. Barbara Biasi, a labor economist, vindicated the labor…
Study: A Flat-Rate Income Tax Would Spur Growth and Opportunity
Badger InstituteTax reform can have substantial benefits for Wisconsinites’ economic prospects Author Don Bruce, a prominent economist at the University of Tennessee, estimates moving to a flat individual income tax in…
It’s time to put away progressive taxes, Wisconsin
Let’s forget about economic pie-growing for a minute (just a minute) as our legislators start to debate tax reform in Madison. Let’s, just for now, debate the issue on the…
Why a Limited Government Institute Supports Increased Government Spending
Jeremiah MostellerOver the past year, the Badger Institute has explored how Wisconsin’s justice system is facing massive criminal case backlogs that are fueling severe delays in justice for victims and defendants…
Economics of the fist: Unions favor telling to asking with Wisconsin’s right to work
The strong-arm tactics of Act 10 antagonists Among the winks and nudges offered by Janet Protasiewicz on her way to the Supreme Court was that Act 10, the Gov. Scott…
Why should food stamps be forever stamps?
Mike Nichols 38 Patrick McIlheranWisconsin FoodShare increasingly detached from need It’s been over three years since the start of the pandemic, 28 months since the peak of Wisconsin COVID deaths, about a year since…