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- Evers administration pigs out on livestock fees
- Tony Evers’ puzzlingly swift rejection of more education money
- The hills are alive with the, well, approval of leftist politicians
- A new concern in Wisconsin: young slouches
- Building costs heading upward in first impact of bureaucrats being unleashed
- Want to truly help Wisconsin’s children? Stop using them as plaintiffs
- Wisconsin breweries no longer chugging along
- Financially illiterate high schoolers about to be taught a lesson
Browsing: Licensing and Regulation
Wisconsin has a dental access problem, especially for low-income individuals, says Morris Kleiner, professor at the University of Minnesota. Kleiner explains how allowing dental therapists could provide the solution. Kleiner’s presentation was delivered at the Badger Institute’s Policy Symposium.
Reform would address WI provider shortage, particularly for children on Medicaid.
Overcoming a mountain of occupational regulation in Wisconsin requires more than baby steps
New report doesn’t include comparisons with other states and policy recommendations
With trade protection and corporate incentives, politicians could lose the firm footing of their free-market principles
If Wisconsin allowed dental therapists, more kids would have access to care, proponents say
Measure eliminates Wisconsin’s arbitrary higher exam scores, which had fenced out many aspiring chiropractors.
Sunshine Week: Records request illustrates lack of transparency of federal school funding
It would seem a simple question to ask of any public agency: How much money do you spend and on what?
Wisconsin’s ‘arbitrary’ exam scores fencing out many young professionals
‘I have to do a lot of paperwork and spend time testing my kids instead of teaching my kids’
Federal requirements in special ed are especially burdensome, educators tell Badger Institute in survey
Early childhood and special education teacher Sheila Noordzy has her hands full teaching a class of 18 3-to-5-year-old children in the Chequamegon School District in Park Falls. She often puts in long hours, partly due to federal paperwork that takes her away from working with the children. Federal requirements in special education are especially burdensome, educators tell the Badger Institute in a survey.
Badger State requires higher score on national exam than most other states
Palmer College chiropractic student Amanda Berkley testifies in favor of 2017 AB 834 before the Wisconsin Assembly Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform on January 18, 2018
2017 AB 834 would lower score required for successful completion of chiropractic examinations.
Priorities should include tax reform, corrections, professional licensure and tolling
Funding regulations hamper districts and don’t improve education, local officials say in survey
Several regulations removed from the books, freeing professionals from onerous and unneeded requirements
Paperwork takes staff away from daily responsibilities and educating kids, officials say.
By Julie Grace
November 13, 2017
Hordes of Wisconsin government workers are employed to ‘check boxes’ for the feds
Measures lift onerous restrictions on barbers and cosmetologists that stifle careers and businesses.
U.S. education secretary also plans to give them more say over federal school dollars