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Wisconsin’s economy is thriving under free market reforms, many aided by Badger Institute research and advocacy.

Cheeseheads have a new bleating heart When it comes to dairy cow production, Wisconsin was long, well, the GOAT. For…

Small nuclear modular reactors are a big deal for Wisconsin, given our developing AI economy and Gov. Evers’ Clean Energy Plan.

Wisconsin accounted for 53% of the nation’s total mink pelt production in 2023, down 10 percent from the previous year.

How do other states without an income tax fund essential services? Under what circumstances would this be feasible in Wisconsin?

A county-by-county analysis shows that while some Wisconsinites residents are seeing real growth in their wages, others are falling behind the rise in prices.

People are leaving Illinois, Minnesota and Iowa and, according to a new study by the Tax Foundation, the loss of state revenue and the population migration are closely tied to punitive tax structures in those states.

Housing market and financing shouldn’t be its concern Key members of the Milwaukee Historic Preservation Commission seem to think their…

If everything works out as under-promised, Microsoft will make the biggest single technology investment ever in the state of Wisconsin — a transformative infusion of billions of dollars to develop more than 1,500 acres in Racine County.

Wisconsin will need to build 200,000 housing units by 2030 to accommodate all the people who want to live and work here. Sheboygan County is a microcosm of the problem — but on the forefront of a possible solution.

Demand for legal cannabis products is elastic, so states must consider this fact when setting tax rates. If taxes are set too high, legalization will not deter users from exiting legacy illegal markets.

A small group of enthusiasts would like to put Milwaukee at the forefront of historical preservation of postmodern architecture. Or at least help a downtown developer get a tax break.

Data centers chug electricity like undergrads drink beer, and the advent of artificial intelligence — which uses, we’re told, about 10 times the electricity as conventional searches — makes power demand soar.

The population of Wisconsin has grown by 1.5 million since 1970, according to U.S. Census Bureau data, at an average growth rate of 0.5 percent per year. The county-level data tell a more nuanced story, however.

The Social Development Commission, Wisconsin’s largest anti-poverty social services agency, abruptly closed its doors in late April after the latest in a series of scandals stretching back over more than 30 years.

Free-market reforms are driving prosperity and fostering human flourishing in the Dairy State. This unmistakable trend is evident in state economic indicators from recent decades, a hopeful story that can instill pride in all Wisconsinites.

The population of Eau Claire County, now approximately 108,000, has grown almost 10% just since 2010. A little farther west, just across the St. Croix River from Minnesota, St. Croix County has grown 15%.

Wisconsin’s largest metropolis, Milwaukee, has been one of the nation’s largest urban areas for decades, but its comparative position has changed.

At the national level, recent studies show that small businesses are not contracting with the federal government as frequently as in the past. And those that do are becoming more concentrated in a handful of congressional districts around Washington, where rent seeking is the norm.

Lazy whiners not welcome. Latest entry in a series of profiles of persevering small towns in the Badger State —…