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Public subsidies turn journalists into sycophants, undermine true scrutiny of government excess, distort the market for news and entertainment, create unfair competition for privately funded media, and are a waste of tax dollars.

Rich Lowry shares initial reactions to Wisconsin’s Supreme Court election, chatting with Badger Institute policy director Pat McIlheran.

If Brittany Kinser wins Wisconsin’s race for state school superintendent, it would be the first victory over union-backed candidates since 1981.

Scouting leaders say they’re hoping that legislation granting them a few minutes for a recruiting talk at the start of Wisconsin public schools’ academic year is more successful this time around.

The Trump Administration’s focus on federal grants is part of a fundamental dispute over whether Americans should adhere to the Tenth Amendment.

Wisconsin voters will on the same day this April choose a new state Supreme Court justice and also decide whether the state’s voter ID law will become part of the state Constitution.

U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson says he will lead an effort to produce a balanced budget and restore the value of the dollar.

Sen. Ron Johnson kicked off Badger Institute’s 2025 Speaker Series with a clarion call to fiscal responsibility.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has renewed his proposal that legislators allow themselves to be cut out of the process of making state law and permit bills to be passed or statutes to be repealed by petition and referendum, an idea that the Legislature’s leaders dismissed as dead on arrival.

Wisconsinites are increasingly interracial, challenging a deeply embedded and divisive system that relies on racial categories to apportion billions of dollars in government programs and subsidies in the name of equity.

Populist trade policy at the national level is especially dangerous for Wisconsin workers.

Since 1854, Wisconsin has cast its presidential votes in favor of Republican candidates 26 times, Democrat candidates 16 times, and the Progressive candidate once.

If we all reject violence in politics, why does a Milwaukee mural honor a woman who shot up the U.S. Capitol?

“The only reason you’re free is because of checks and balances. Period. And one of the central checks is the Electoral College.”

Wisconsin just celebrated a record breaking attendance at the Wisconsin State Fair, its largest statewide event, earlier this month. The festival in West Allis attracted 1,136,805 visitors over its 11-day run, topping the previous record of 1,130,572 set in 2019.

When it comes to UW-Madison faculty in social sciences and the humanities, the odds of finding a Republican donor are just 1 in 530.

Gov. Tony Evers granted a new tranche of pardons, bringing the total number of persons pardoned under his tenure to a record 1,264. His immediate predecessor, Gov. Scott Walker did not granting a single pardon during his term in office.

The Badger Institute takes a look at which U.S. state capitals command the largest and smallest share of their state’s population.

The two major political parties in the United States each have hosted 26 conventions since the year 1924. Here’s where they’ve been held:

Sociologist Brad Wilcox is telling young people to marry because it will make them happier. “People who embrace the core values and virtues associated with marriage are more likely to flourish both in marriage and in life.”