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- More Wisconsin circuit courts use text reminders to move justice along: a ‘godsend’
- How to strengthen the climb from the safety net
- The silence breaks: Accountability at last for those who make Milwaukee life unlivable
- Data centers could be a godsend — if communities let them
- Economic freedom is worth defending — even when political parties forget it
- Wisconsin is missing its Medicaid accountability moment
- Lawmakers agree suspended drivers on Wisconsin roads remain a problem
- Wisconsin should choose the right side of the income tax divide
Browsing: Economy and Infastructure
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Outdated Wisconsin law hampers electric automaker’s direct-sales business model
Outdated Wisconsin law hampers electric automaker’s direct-sales business model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
Arizona, Pennsylvania paved way for full licensure recognition
Lawmakers should streamline regulations so more people can work
For more than a year, bureaucratic delays and hurdles imposed by the Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services (DSPS) deprived Meggan Thompson of a job and an income, and deprived Wisconsinites with debilitating mental health issues of the help she could have long ago provided.
Occupational licensing regulations can undermine public health in the name of protecting it
The Legislature should not delegate taxing responsibility and authority to an industry association

