Sorry, but retirees shouldn’t get special tax treatment
Mike NicholsNeutrality is the best policy for Wisconsin Two Republican legislators are circulating a bill that would virtually eliminate all income taxes on retirees. It’s an effort to keep older spenders…
It’s long past time to end Wisconsin’s minimum markup law
Badger InstituteYears of Badger Institute research makes case for repeal After Minnesota lawmakers ended that state’s rule requiring a minimum 6% markup on gasoline, a former Wisconsin lawmaker who now works…
Reactions to Evers’ veto show how a flat income tax frustrates a divide-and-ransack strategy
Patrick McIlheranAfter he kicked millions of taxpayers in the head last week, Tony Evers seemed a little defensive. The Wisconsin governor suggested to an interviewer that if middle-class taxpayers were accidental…
Wisconsin students’ guide to college debt decisions
Scott Niederjohn Ph.D.Don’t start school unless you plan to finish Wisconsin has more than 727,000 student loan borrowers, holding more than $23 billion in debt, who will need to begin making their…
Wisconsin needs an explicit constitutional amendment to rein in gubernatorial goofiness
Evers’ school funding partial veto may well hold up in court I see that Greenland sharks can live 400 years — almost as long as Tony Evers’ spending plan for…
UW DEI staff salvaged by Evers’ veto
Mark LisheronPushing back on a Gov. Tony Evers veto protecting the University of Wisconsin System’s extensive diversity, equity and inclusion infrastructure, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is asking for legislative committee approval…
Wisconsin budget misses mark on best oral care solution — dental therapy
Michael JahrThe 2023-25 state biennial budget signed by Gov. Tony Evers on Wednesday included measures designed to address gaps in oral care access in Wisconsin, which has among the worst records for disadvantaged…
Celebrating Wisconsin’s step toward swifter criminal justice
Jeremiah MostellerAlmost a year ago the Badger Institute published my research exploring the severe delays and case backlogs in Wisconsin’s criminal justice system. Judges, prosecutors and defense attorneys alike had been raising the alarm…
Evers vetoes historic reforms to Wisconsin income tax rates
Mike Nichols 38 Patrick McIlheranWhy lost opportunity to cut taxes is devastating for the Badger State The mainstream media, with no historical memory, will invariably focus on what Gov. Tony Evers did today to…
Wins on justice, education and taxes are only the start of Wisconsinites’ work
To win the vote is merely to start the work. As the Wisconsin Legislature wraps up a biennial budget that has both ups and downs — it spends much more…