Violence has progressives bringing cops back to schools
Mark LisheronMilwaukee public high schools next in line Progressive city councils across the country are being forced by violence in and near their public schools to rethink their bans on stationing…
Coalition of Free Market Healthcare Advocates includes Badger Institute
Badger InstituteLegislature encouraged to sponsor “Know Your Healthcare Costs Act” Date: May 15, 2023To: Members of the Wisconsin LegislatureFrom: Coalition of Free Market Healthcare AdvocatesRe: Co-Sponsor LRB-2922 “Know Your Healthcare Costs…
Supreme politicization: Should we appoint Wisconsin Supreme Court justices?
Robert VerBruggenThe bare-knuckle, politicized State Supreme Court race that just shattered national spending records and obliterated traditional judicial norms has raised anew the question of whether justices should be elected the…
Legislature protects Milwaukeeans from $15-per-rider fare-free trolley folly
Patrick McIlheranIn need of quiet solitude not long ago, I did the obvious: I got on Milwaukee’s streetcar, The Hop. It did not disappoint: In all, five people Hopped on, then…
Medicaid: Wisconsin’s budget buster
A recent history of the state’s social spending Leviathan As the state Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee begins budget deliberations, Gov. Tony Evers is pushing for a $31.6 billion budget for…
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
School 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
Rewards 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…