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- Antiquated Wisconsin law doesn’t allow driverless vehicles
- Plenty of time left for good policy in Wisconsin Legislature
- The truth about MPS, who makes it to graduation and who doesn’t
- Wisconsin’s retirement income exclusion will shift tax burdens to working families over time
- Taxpayers getting jobbed
- Cursing the rain — and tax cuts — cuz everyone benefits
- Much to like in Republicans’ tax plan
- End to federal public TV subsidies would save $2 million in Milwaukee
Browsing: Economy and Infastructure
The bulk of the wealth of the very rich is in business assets, which benefit the economy
Hordes of job-seeking Socialists descended on our office wanting the crumbs of victory,’ says famed poet, who served as Emil Seidel’s secretary
Milwaukee’s first socialist mayor blamed his 1912 re-election loss on his call to tax the assets of the rich
Election reforms that are designed to wrest control from the major parties and to fix political dysfunction are gaining support
Even failed and troubled ones like the Job Corps training centers are nearly impossible to shut down
The federal government has the right approach by revising existing rules rather than starting unnecessary new programs
State government needn’t have a hand in retirement-savings fix; private-sector options already proliferate
Rich people shouldn’t be the beneficiaries’ of a federal program that gives investors tax breaks to help disadvantaged areas, critics say
Travaux, the authority’s nonprofit arm, has strong ties to Milwaukee city government
The Milwaukee Housing Authority competes with private developers with its luxury apartment project downtown
Think politicians and bureaucrats are looking out for you? Think again
Wisconsin licensing boards are routinely in violation of law requiring public representation
Last month, the Wisconsin Department of Revenue released data showing the state’s general fund tax collections for fiscal year (FY) 2019 were up nearly $1.2 billion, or 7.4 percent, from FY 2018, and nearly $703 million higher than anticipated when the state’s FY 2018-19 budget was adopted.
The 2018 Farm Bill failed to address a key loophole in the country’s main food assistance program, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) — a loophole that states have increasingly used over the past decade to expand SNAP income eligibility beyond the intent of the law. In July, the U.S. Department of Agriculture
Poor pavement condition and high spending mean the state isn’t getting top value from its highway dollars
Nationally and across the states, policy-makers from both parties are supporting less burdensome licensure rules
Outside of UW-Madison, the argument that the colleges have huge multiplier effect on communities and the state is nonsensical
Switching to a progressive income tax structure would drive Illinois even further behind Wisconsin
Lack of minority high school and college grads and wide prosperity gaps will only exacerbate the region’s growing employee shortage, business leaders fear
A tolling system on our interstate highways will make sure that all cars using our roads, even those from out of state, will contribute toward their upkeep and maintenance.