Browsing: Economy and Infastructure

Every time we get our feet on the ladder, they cut the rungs off.” I was in high school when my dad made this statement regarding the minimum wage.

Some of the governor’s budget proposals to help low-income families are ineffective, ripe for abuse or better left to the private sector
By Angela Rachidi
March 16, 2021

Badger Institute Policy Analyst Julie Grace submitted written testimony in favor of 2021 AB 121 before the Wisconsin Senate Committee on Insurance, Licensing, and Forestry on March 3, 2021.

2021 AB 121 would allow people to braid hair without obtaining a license.

As streetcar ridership and funding dwindle, alderman warns of long-term fiscal burden

Parents with disabilities or health limitations often time out of the program or end up on disability insurance

Wisconsin’s small cities offer an escape for suddenly mobile metropolitan workers long cramped by a viral lockdown

Elections commission is confident that ballot tracking and barcoding will mean smooth and secure voting

Raising the minimum wage is an overly simplistic way to make housing more affordable for low-income people

In a truly horrible year, perhaps there have been planted the seeds of miracles

Parents with disabilities or health limitations often time out of the program or end up on disability insurance

In 2020, Missouri joined a growing coalition of states in reforming their occupational licensure laws. We hosted an event with Rep. Derek Grier (R-Chesterfield) and Sen. Brian Williams (D-St. Louis) to discuss how they accomplished this

A growing list of states that have adopted universal licensure recognition

The policy decisions state policymakers make in the months ahead will have far-reaching implications for how quickly jobs and wages are restored in Wisconsin.

Measure creates universal recognition, waives fees for low-income workers, expands opportunity for ex-offenders

The Wisconsin Legislature and Governor Evers worked together this spring to pass a bipartisan COVID-19 response package that included several policy reforms recommended by the Wisconsin Free Market Coalition.

Relentless bureaucratic creep undermines competition and hurts consumers

Accepting out-of-state credentials should continue after the crisis ends

A statewide and county-by-county analysis

How people — and finely crafted furniture — leave an indelible imprint on our lives

Protecting the environment should be a goal for individuals of every political and economic stripe