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Here at the Badger Institute, we still believe in the American Dream, in America, and in Wisconsin. Your generosity makes it possible for the Badger Institute to uphold the principles of free enterprise, liberty and limited government.

Thanks to your generosity, we produced reams of research, championed many policy reforms, helped kill some bad policies, and were part of numerous legislative victories in Madison.

Learn how the Badger Institute’s policy research, storytelling, investigative journalism, videos and advocacy is crucial to help translate policy ideas into bona fide policy reform.

The biggest policy decisions in the Badger State are made during budget deliberations. Here is how your support has helped spur policy ideas into tangible action:

Healthcare remains the only sector of the economy where patients must pay for services without first knowing the cost. Patients aren’t empowered with the information needed to make smart financial decisions, taking into account both price and quality of care. “The Know Your Healthcare Costs Act” would work to change that.

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To continue to produce unrivaled policy research, provide in-depth journalism and advance free-market reforms in Wisconsin, the Badger Institute announces the launch of the Forward Society, a charitable giving opportunity for those who want to keep Wisconsin free and flourishing for years to come.

The Badger Institute today announced the promotion of Angela Smith to executive vice president, the addition of board members Shannon Whitworth and Matt Rowe, and the appointment of an array of Wisconsin luminaries as emeritus directors.

The Badger Institute, the state’s oldest free market public policy research organization, announced today it has opened an office in Madison, across the street from the State Capitol.

The Badger Institute has been a champion of school choice since our inception as the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute in the late 1980s.

Feulner will discuss the impact of the Mandate for Leadership on the Reagan Revolution and the critical role policy organizations play in advancing reform

New additions will contribute to investigative reporting, Mandate for Madison

This printed magazine — which we’re exceedingly proud of — has remained the same size for years.

Sem, Niederjohn of Concordia University Wisconsin will conduct health care research

Hear a special message from Badger Institute President Mike Nichols.

Listen to a special message from our staff.

Watch the complete presentation of our 2021 Annual Dinner, featuring Robert Doar, president of the American Enterprise Institute.

New staff and board members will increase institute’s reach and impact

Bob Woodson — the Black, onetime civil rights activist who stresses time and again that poor, Black people can be agents of their own uplift — has this bit that he does when speaking to largely white audiences.

Learn more about the internship opportunities available this Fall