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Even as demand for electricity appears set to soar in coming years, utility and private-sector players are envisioning new versions of nuclear power.

Wisconsin’s next Legislature and governor should work to ensure that more Wisconsin families can access the education they believe best serves their children.

Wisconsin labor and employment policy can, in some instances, tilt in the favor of insiders, impose costs on outsiders, and adversely affect the state’s economic performance.

Wisconsin can strengthen its economic competitiveness by reducing unnecessary regulation, improving oversight of the regulatory process and making its legal environment more efficient and predictable for businesses

What works for Wisconsin housing is letting the market build: easing the zoning, lot size, and permitting rules that artificially constrain supply.

Wisconsin should replace its current graduated individual income tax with a single-rate structure and set that rate as low as fiscal conditions responsibly allow.

If Wisconsin children receive poor instruction, attend chaotic schools, and learn through weak, incoherent curricula, then industry and civil society will struggle accordingly.

Much remains to make Wisconsin reach its full economic potential, including matching its strong inputs with stronger outputs.

With important reforms, Wisconsin can meet both the demands of ensuring safe and affordable childcare for Wisconsin families while controlling overall costs.  

Wisconsin’s next governor and Legislature should strengthen the state’s safety net by focusing it more clearly on work, family stability and upward mobility.

Wisconsin’ recent failures of accountability share a common feature: Power has increasingly shifted away from the Legislature and toward governors, agencies, courts and other institutions that operate further from direct democratic control.

Wisconsin can pursue practical, targeted reforms that improve accountability, strengthen academic standards and better align universities with the needs of students and taxpayers without dismantling the university system itself.

Evidence from border counties indicates increased economic freedom encourages prosperity for Wisconsin residents.

The 2026 Mandate for Madison will provide the evidence base Wisconsin policymakers need to protect the gains of the past 15 years and continue moving toward greater economic freedom and prosperity.

Mandate for Madison 2027 Over the past 15 years, Wisconsin has made meaningful progress toward greater economic freedom and a…

The 2026 Mandate for Madison will refocus the debate in scores of statewide and downballot races on information we know smart voters and candidates crave.

The Badger Institute today launches its 2026 Mandate for Madison, a comprehensive policy agenda to preserve and promote opportunity for Wisconsin and its citizens.