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- Data center naysayers should consider what the future would have brought to Port Washington
- Game over: How a professor bungled the facts of Wisconsin school choice
- Superior coal terminal is latest victim of declining Great Lakes shipments
- Lead paint: The 50-year saga continues
- U.S. House defangs federal protection of gray wolves in Wisconsin
- Marquette poll finds 80 percent of Americans trust government ‘only some of the time’ or ‘never’
- Legislature balks as Evers demands millions for more food aid bureaucrats
- Two-thirds of Americans under 30 say people can’t be trusted, Marquette poll finds
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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.
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

