Browsing: Economy and Infastructure

On its 30th anniversary, institute announces new, ambitious tax policy initiative, new magazine, fellows program and statewide events.

Private contractors help states grab more U.S. dollars at the expense of serving children and the poor

Federal regulations force school districts to spend that money or face funding cuts

Wisconsin’s huge investment hinges on the ever-evolving world of display technology

The left’s complaints about cultural appropriation keep Americans separated rather than united

And how tax reform and transportation upgrades can help Wisconsin take full advantage

Diggings: Badgers persevere — and adapt

Gov. Scott Walker, Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and others discuss the impact that the Badger Institute has had – and continues to have – in advancing free-market principles and policies.

The Badger moniker has deep, meaningful roots in Wisconsin.

The announcement of Foxconn’s $10 billion planned investment in Wisconsin with up to 13,000 new jobs was broadly hailed as “transformational.”

When Taiwan-based Foxconn, manufacturer of iPhones and iPads for Apple, announced it wanted to build a $10 billion LCD panel plant in Wisconsin by 2020, it seemed like the timing couldn’t be better.

The potential for the Foxconn deal to provide a boost to Wisconsin’s economy and the excitement provided by media coverage make it difficult to think objectively about the deal.

Much of the discussion thus far about Foxconn Technology Group bringing an LCD screen manufacturing plant to southeastern Wisconsin has focused on the deal itself and the money that could flow out of — and eventually into — our state Capitol. 

The denizens of southeastern Wisconsin are understandably excited about the announcement that Foxconn Technology Group plans to build and operate a $10 billion LCD manufacturing plant there.

In London, American swimmer Katie Ledecky won an Olympic gold medal at the age of 15.

There’s a reason our legislators can’t get it in gear when it comes to transportation funding. The few realistic short-term options are pretty much akin to sucking a little more exhaust out of a tailpipe.

“It would more or less put in-state wineries and breweries out of business,” one winery owner says

Interstate Tolling for Wisconsin: How & Why, a webinar presentation by Robert W. Poole Jr., director of transportation policy at Reason Foundation.

Claiming to have a workforce strategy without a real strategy to attract and retain people makes little sense.
By Tom Hefty
June 28, 2017