Browsing: Economy and Infastructure

The Badger Institute hosted a roundtable discussion on work, poverty and the use of federal safety nets to promote self-reliance.

Badger Institute Policy Analyst Julie Grace testified in favor of 2019 SB 746, SB 747, and SB 760 before the Wisconsin Senate Committee on Public Benefits, Licensing and State-Federal Relations on February 18, 2020

2019 SB 746, SB 747, and SB 760 would positively impact and streamline the state’s licensing process.

Senate committee passes two licensing reform bills

Public members discuss how they view their role on boards

Decisions from licensing boards are oftentimes arbitrary and unfair

Bill allows for optional registration for in-state insurance adjusters

Wisconsin should join states that have enacted sunrise laws as an alternative to new licenses that fence out workers and don’t protect the public

Angela Rachidi, resident scholar in poverty studies at the American Enterprise Institute, and Eloise Anderson, former secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families and a Badger Institute visiting fellow, discuss safety net programs and work in Wisconsin. Rachidi is author of the January 2020 Badger Institute report “Wisconsin’s missing rung: Policies linked to work are critical to lifting people out of poverty.”

Policies linked to work are critical to lifting people out of poverty

Policies linked to work are critical to lifting people out of poverty

What is occupational licensing, how does it affect employment and consumer costs, and what options exist for reform?

Gov. Evers vetoes bill that would’ve helped aspiring certified nursing aides and eased shortage in Wisconsin

An employer handbook

Creating a license for public insurance adjusters is not necessary in Wisconsin

For Margaret Farrow, longtime legislator and Wisconsin’s first female lieutenant governor, the public always comes first

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