{"id":3160,"date":"2023-05-31T16:30:33","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T16:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=3160"},"modified":"2023-05-31T16:58:11","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T16:58:11","slug":"from-the-desk-of-mike-nichols","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=3160","title":{"rendered":"From the desk of Mike Nichols"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post originally appeared at https:\/\/www.badgerinstitute.org\/from-the-desk-of-mike-nichols\/<\/a><\/p>\n

An update on our legislative progress in Madison<\/em><\/strong><\/h5>\n
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The biggest policy decisions in the Badger State are typically made during budget deliberations in the first six months of odd-numbered years \u2013 that is, RIGHT NOW<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Badger Institute\u2019s Mandate for Madison<\/a>, the 300-page policy playbook hand-delivered to all 132 legislative offices and given to the Evers Administration, is at the forefront of those deliberations.<\/p>\n

Your generosity helped us produce this historic guide to prosperity and is helping us make sure legislators use it to push for reforms that limit government, improve access to great schools and ensure that victims of crime get swift justice.<\/p>\n

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Here is how your support has helped
spur policy ideas<\/em> into tangible action<\/em>:<\/h5>\n
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TAXES<\/span>:<\/strong>\u00a0We\u2019re helping lead the movement towards a flat tax, no small feat in the state that pioneered the progressive income tax 100+ years ago.<\/strong><\/p>\n