Browsing: Economy and Infastructure

Badger Institute analysis: Current restrictions undermine lawmakers’ intent, create obstacles to employment.

New report doesn’t include comparisons with other states and policy recommendations

Bipartisan legislative support for a tolling study likely exists and is validated by two major reports

The fiscal calamity looming for our neighbor to the south could help lure businesses and workers to the Badger State

Nichols: Growth will allow even greater impact on key policy issues.

With trade protection and corporate incentives, politicians could lose the firm footing of their free-market principles

James Madison would be dismayed by his namesake capital’s role in relinquishing local control to get federal grants

What minorities and the poor don’t know about money is especially costly

Luxury golf resort thrives while giving Adams County’s economy a much-needed boost

New Badger Institute book finds federal grants deprive us of our money, liberty and trust.

Authors: Even a small increase would have large economic impact.

In response to a tight state labor market, our latest report offers strategies for increasing labor force participation. The authors find that increasing the participation rate by just 1 percentage point would increase gross state product by a whopping $667 annually per resident.

Join us in Milwaukee for lunch, presentation and book signing with Robert Poole

Economists Ike Brannon and Andrew Hanson will provide research and commentary on a wide range of policy issues.

Family-owned for five generations, company thrives with its inclusive team approach and commitment to environment

As the world moves forward with automated vehicles, Milwaukee clings to 19th century technology

They’re spurned for not fitting the liberal mold, but they stand strong

Firefighters almost never fight fires nowadays, turning fire departments into emergency medical services agencies. Is there a better way?

Digging into the decline of marriage, fire department staffing, overused TIFs and driverless transit

Numbers and nuggets from trends in Wisconsin — on everything from the state’s tax rankings to our workforce shortage to the growth in occupational licensing to corrections to the transportation funding dilemma to the decline of the mainstream media.