First Look at the Legislature’s 2023-2025 State Budget: What You Need to Know
Rusty SchultzWHAT IS IT: IRG’s team of policy experts did an analysis of the legislature’s budget proposal with a focus on big items you need to know. WHY DOES IT MATTER:…
Three Questions with: Rep. Karen Hurd, Wisconsin State Representative, District 68
Evan Hafenbreadl1.) What’s the biggest issue you’re hearing about from your constituents? Roads. 2.) If you were given the opportunity to enact one reform, what would it be? Stop drawing lines.…
Oversight Watch: Shadow Agency Exposed by Center for Investigative Oversight
Additional context from IRG’s CIO Director Anthony LoCoco and Student Fellow Andrew Mazza: The United Nations Foundation and the Evers Administration are colluding to evade the legislative process and force…
Education Watch – Busting School Choice Myths: Green Bay Edition
From the Green Bay Area Public Schools board: “And if the state had reimbursed us anywhere near the level they’re doing for the voucher schools’ special education program, would be…
Featured: Report: Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers Uses Third-Party Funding from the United Nations Foundation to Pay for Far-Left Climate Change Initiatives
(Wisconsin Daily Star) – Report: Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers Uses Third-Party Funding from the United Nations Foundation to Pay for Far-Left Climate Change Initiatives(WI Daily Star) – The Republican-controlled Wisconsin…
United Nations Foundation Funneling Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars to Evers Administration to Fund Radical Climate Agenda
Private grant money supports staff in the Office of Sustainability & Clean Energy Delafield, WI – Today, IRG’s Center for Investigative Oversight released a new report, “Shadow Agency: How the…
Featured: Wisconsin Lawmakers Unveil Plan To Cut Income Tax Rates, Democratic Governor Dumps On It
(Forbes) – Wisconsin Lawmakers Unveil Plan To Cut Income Tax Rates, Democratic Governor Dumps On It(Forbes) – Wisconsin Republicans, who hold a supermajority in the state senate and a near-supermajority…
Education Watch – Choice Funding Gap Shrinks But Schools Need It Even Smaller
From the Legislative Fiscal Bureau: The K-8 voucher will rise from $8,399 to $9,874 per child. The 9-12 voucher will rise from $9,045 to $12,368. The special needs voucher will rise…
Three Questions with: Rep. Calvin Callahan, Wisconsin State Representative, District 35
1.) What’s the biggest issue you’re hearing about from your constituents? Traveling across the 35th Assembly District and throughout the state, something I hear a lot about is the state…
Education Watch – Wisconsin’s Colleges Are Not Training Teachers Well in Literacy
From the National Council on Teacher Quality: Only 3 of 15 Wisconsin university teaching programs received As in phonics-based literacy training. 6 received Ds or Fs. This is slightly better than…