It’s time to put away progressive taxes, Wisconsin
Mike NicholsLet’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
Patrick McIlheranThe 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…
Latest crime figures show a Milwaukee in trouble
Sean Kennedy2022 drop still leaves crime levels in city well above those as recent as 2019 When Milwaukee’s year-end crime figures for 2022 were released, Mayor Cavalier Johnson and Police Chief…
Wisconsin lawmakers in the dark on broadband
Mark LisheronLegislators have no idea if the state is getting its money’s worth Gov. Tony Evers has asked that Wisconsin spend another $750 million to expand broadband in the state without…
The underfunded part of Wisconsin public schooling
Innovative, unconventional — and unexplainably made to operate on 60% of what other public schools get As you watch four kids in a low-ceilinged basement space soldering parts for the…
If we don’t pay for roads, we don’t get mobility
Vos is correct: Even if we stop using gas, we need to fund the roads that let Wisconsin grow Robin Vos spoke a hard truth the other day, something unpleasant…
Assembly Speaker calls for tolling to fund Wisconsin infrastructure
Michael JahrDeclining gas tax revenues require a fair and sustainable replacement Assembly Speaker Robin Vos on Wednesday renewed a call for Wisconsin to adopt tolling as a way to pay for state infrastructure…
Foreseeing the Future of Wisconsin’s Flat Tax
CROWE reports long-term gains in output and income I don’t know if they need binoculars, a magical telescope, one of those Deloreans that Christopher Lloyd drove around in Back to…