Browsing: Licensing and Regulation

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

UW students can’t launch Uber-like haircut business in Wisconsin without action from Legislature

We compiled a list of resources for state policy-makers on issues ranging from professional licensure to transportation funding to corrections reform. This handy brochure includes reports, commentaries and links to videos designed to inform public discourse on issues that will affect Wisconsin residents for years to come

Albert Walker, whose clients include many Packers players, has years of experience but can’t run his own shop

The entire country is in thrall to a large and growing opioid crisis. From celebrity deaths to the ever-growing number…

Ex-offender Albert Walker and Packer Mike Daniels discuss Walker’s new barber lounge in Green Bay. The shop is in jeopardy due to an onerous and unnecessary state licensing law.

Wisconsin currently licenses hundreds of professions. Some of those are unobjectionable, but other licenses are problematic.

(and the real-world stories of Wisconsinites cheated out of their livelihoods)

Research and stories show the need for occupational licensing reform in Wisconsin. Authors include Ike Brannon, Logan Albright, Scott Niederjohn, Mark Schug and Jan Uebelherr.

POLICY BRIEF
As the labor market for teachers evolves, we need more competition and less regulation.

Beauty school graduate from Milwaukee just wants to work but has been thwarted for over a year.

“How often do ethics change in massage therapy?” she wonders.

“We’re not playing with people’s lives. We’re playing with people’s hair,” Krissy Hudack says.

Beauty school graduate just wants to work but has been thwarted for over a year.

“We’re not playing with people’s lives. We’re playing with people’s hair,” says northern Wisconsin salon owner.

“Our philosophy used to be procure (funding) and then figure out how to use (the money),” Director of Business Services Andy Chromy said.

Hundreds of districts in Wisconsin and thousands more nationwide are saddled with the Single Audit of federal funds that feeds a bloated bureaucracy in Washington while adding little or no value to educational efforts.

Analysis: Wisconsin school districts call federal audits illogical, duplicative and burden to staff and taxpayers.

It’s almost impossible to find a legislator willing to defend the markup law on policy grounds; it’s also impossible to find a legislator willing to even hold a public hearing and risk rankling special interests.

“I get why the law is in place, but I’m not a threat to monopolize anything,” says restaurateur Justin Aprahamian.

A new model of care has quietly emerged that changes primary care as we know it – perfectly aligning the priorities and best interests of doctors and patients.