Browsing: Economy and Infastructure

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

1800s utopian commune called Ceresco was established — and collapsed — just blocks from where GOP was later founded

Climate change has been blamed over the years for the rise … and fall … and rise again of lake levels

Economic impact varies widely across Wisconsin counties

Outdated Wisconsin law hampers electric automaker’s direct-sales business model

Outdated Wisconsin law hampers electric automaker’s direct-sales business model

Plan would take into account regional risk factors and let consumers decide

Bill includes coalition recommendations for addressing the crisis

The unprecedented COVID crisis has devastated Wisconsin families, businesses and schools. The coming weeks will be deeply challenging as the state tries to pick up the pieces in the aftermath. Now, more than ever, public policy matters.

A free-market coalition of the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL), Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin, the Badger Institute, and MacIver Institute have pooled their resources to offer some solutions and policy recommendations to assist the state’s workers and businesses, provide more certainty during the crisis, and spur a quick and lasting recovery.

Wisconsin would be worse off had responsible budgeting not produced healthy surplus, rainy day fund
By David Fladeboe
April 6, 2020