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Students in Milwaukee’s public high schools who want a better life and know that school is their only way up are being battered, assaulted and exposed to gunfire or other reckless conduct on a daily basis.

The Milwaukee Police Department responded to 1,310 calls for service at 34 MPS-controlled high schools in the 2021-’22 school year,

Like all government programs, the criminal justice system must be evaluated on the basis of cost-effectiveness and outcomes. Wisconsin’s current…

Awash in federal bailout cash, some Wisconsin cities ask for a property tax hike 

If schools want to impose belief systems on students, parents should have the right to choose their schools.

Parents’ power to choose the best education for their children ought not be hindered when the default is failing them…

Milwaukee’s school choice program shows that letting parents choose a moral ecology is how differing beliefs can coexist.

WEA Trust just announced it is terminating its health insurance business

In response to falling standards, former Mequon-Thiensville school board member launches charter school

Scarlett Johnson sat down with Badger Institute Policy Director Patrick McIlheran this week to explain what drove her to act on behalf of her local schools, and why more parents should do so.

As you fill up with gas that as of Thursday averages $4.84 a gallon in metro Milwaukee, remember that the progressive movement in Washington, D.C., long has wanted fuel to be priced as a luxury good. 

Policymakers should advance reforms that prioritize GSP, personal income growth

By now, the health emergency has little to do with it

Who wins and who loses?
May 25, 2022aStudent debt forgiveness schemes are both inefficient and unfair policies for helping low-income families.

Criminals are emboldened if they think they won’t get caught

Kids are reaping the consequences of school shutdowns

Alumni also express concerns about debt and the value of their degrees

Sometime during the 2023 session, the Wisconsin Legislature is expected to approve a resolution proposing that voters consider amending the state constitution to restore long-lost legislative oversight of major federal spending initiatives in the state.

There is never one cure-all for complex societal problems like poverty or morally, economically and emotionally untethered children. The first thing is to recognize the problem for what it is. The numbers make that easy.

As the COVID-19 pandemic struck the  United States in 2020, Congress began shotgunning money out over the country in unprecedented ways.