Want to truly help Wisconsin’s children? Stop using them as plaintiffs
Mike NicholsClimate change lawsuit filed by children as young as eight Fifteen kids — one only eight years old — just filed a lawsuit in, of course, Dane County, claiming that,…
Wisconsin breweries no longer chugging along
Mark LisheronCanadian boycott a small factor Beer production in a state that prides itself on its brewing heritage is down more than 15 percent in just the last four years, a…
Financially illiterate high schoolers about to be taught a lesson
Scott Niederjohn Ph.D.Overwhelmingly popular new mandate spurs action from nonprofits Editor’s note: Fourteen years ago, the Badger Institute (then known as WPRI) issued a paper by Scott Niederjohn calling on the State…
Private schools in Wisconsin’s choice programs prove far more effective with taxpayer money
Patrick McIlheranDPI numbers show public schools can do much better Critics of school choice often lean on a talking point that goes like this: Wisconsin can’t afford two systems of schools,…
Economics: The Rodney Dangerfield of modern politics
Scott Niederjohn 38 Mark SchugRemember Rodney Dangerfield? The comic whose famous line was, “I don’t get no respect”? One of his classics: “My doctor told me I was overweight.“I said, ‘I want a second…
Beloit-area public school teacher loss
Wyatt EichholzThe School District of Beloit annually lost almost a quarter of its teachers on average during or right after the 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24 school years — far higher than…
A win for Wisconsin families: Childcare in the 2025-2027 biennial state budget
Angela RachidiWisconsin’s 2025-2027 biennial budget includes several provisions aimed at improving the affordability of childcare in the Badger state, ending the misguided effort to directly support private childcare providers’ operating expenses…
Port Washington data center on track to by far be state’s largest electricity user
Five projects in works in Wisconsin, driving demand for power The Vantage Data Center in Port Washington is on its way to becoming the largest single energy user in state…
‘We still need to pave our roads’
As stewardship program is up for renewal, northern counties’ budgets, economies are squeezed by how much land already is taken out of equation Like practically everyone else in Wisconsin, state…
Where the precipitous drop in birthrates is a very, very good thing
Teen birthrates are a small fraction of what they used to be As some of America’s most prominent conservative voices push the pronatalist movement, there’s been a dramatic decrease in…