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Shortly after the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress passed the CARES Act, a $2.2 trillion bill designed to alleviate the negative economic consequences of government-mandated shutdowns.

Wisconsin’s unemployment situation has rebounded, but participation in government programs remains elevated. Angela K. Rachidi, PhD is the author of a Badger Institute report “Employment and the Safety Net During the Pandemic”
October 21, 2021

Progressives ignore past failures, and have no idea how to pay for a ‘greater society’ 

Milwaukee, Madison and Wausau plan to pay certain low-income families monthly stipends with no strings attached

From all of us here at the Badger Institute, we hope you have a great Independence Day as we celebrate our shared blessings.

Changes to TPP, UI, and tax brackets are all being debated

Dental therapists could help address oral care shortage
By Anne Trautner
June 23, 2021

The Albrecht Free Clinic in West Bend gets calls daily from Medicaid patients in need of dental care.

A menu of pro-growth tax reform options from the Tax Foundation and the Badger Institute.

Why Wisconsin shouldn’t spend $100 million in taxpayer money to invest in private enterprise

State Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Dallet wrote recently, according to a story in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, that a study on race and prison sentencing in Wisconsin “confirms what I and many others have been saying, which is that we have a long way yet to go to have a system that truly treats all equally.

Wisconsin voters often split evenly on big elections and key issues. But voters on the right and the left agree on the dire shortcomings of the state’s corrections system and the need for reform.

Pastor Jerome Smith got a second chance and made sure countless others received one too

Eighty-seven percent of people who would qualify for an expungement under proposed legislation have never committed anything more serious than a misdemeanor, according to new data from the Badger Institute.

For those with a single, low-level, non-violent offense on their record, receiving an expungement would give them the chance to fully move past their mistake, opening employment and housing opportunities.

Every time we get our feet on the ladder, they cut the rungs off.” I was in high school when my dad made this statement regarding the minimum wage.

Dentists see that adding the mid-level providers eases the care shortage, expands access and creates efficiencies

Some of the governor’s budget proposals to help low-income families are ineffective, ripe for abuse or better left to the private sector
By Angela Rachidi
March 16, 2021

Nearly 90,000 Wisconsin small businesses that have taken out loans under the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) will face hundreds of millions of dollars in state income tax liability on those loans this spring, despite the loans being tax-free at the federal level.

Streamlined licensing reciprocity should be made permanent and extended to other professions