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Wisconsin’s politicians prohibit over 1 million citizens from working unless they have government permission.

It’s campaign season, so the only numbers that seem to matter to the mainstream media are the ones in polls.

As a way for funding an important public good — highways — Wisconsin’s gas tax was pretty good

Reducing Milwaukeeans’ suffering from crime starts young, and research suggests a means. Between the time these words are written and your reading them, the odds are better than even that someone will be murdered in Milwaukee.

Wisconsin, like most states, allows individuals who have been convicted of a one-time, low-level offense to ask a judge to have the record of that conviction expunged once they’ve served their sentence and demonstrated they pose no risk to public safety

Elita Williams is grateful for the opportunity to select the best schools for her kids.

A Milwaukee mom’s take on why more parents need educational choice.

Recent and rigorous academic evaluations suggest that such policies aren’t effective at increasing employment among the formerly incarcerated.
August 11, 2022

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…

Even before the pandemic, U.S. entitlement spending was on an unsustainable path, the growth in means-tested safety net programs far outstripping inflation.

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…

A new report from the Tax Foundation and the Badger Institute offers five comprehensive tax reform options to enhance Wisconsin’s tax competitiveness by reducing harmful taxes on labor and investment.

Wisconsin could help lead the nation in empowering patient-consumers to seek care in a functioning market with upfront transparent pricing.

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

Scarlett Johnson explains what drove her to act on behalf of her local schools, and why more parents should do so.