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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.

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.

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

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.

In Burlington, as elsewhere, families wake up to a revolution being inflicted on children.

Climate change alarmism has become a science of its own.