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Michael Jahr joined a panel of experts to discuss how expanding the dental therapy profession in Wisconsin would bridge the access gap for many individuals through use of free market principles.

Unless kids are killed or maimed, gun battles at school are just police blotter items.

Pulling cops out of public schools was a crazy idea.

At the height of the initial COVID-19 outbreak, correctional and other public safety agencies in Wisconsin bought at least 55 disinfection robots at a cost of more than $2.2 million.

Pretrial risk assessment should be expanded, not scrapped, advocates say

If you’ve recently filled out a school admission form, read a story in the local paper, or listened to a white politician talk about Latinos, then you may have heard the term Latinx.

Research indicates a correlation between proper dental hygiene, including regular dental visits, and a lower risk of serious COVID infection and complications, according to a recent study out of Cairo University.

It’s an understatement to say that Wisconsin businesses are struggling to find workers.

The fury of parents aimed at local school boards across the country was stoked this week by a government whistleblower who says the FBI set up a system to begin tracking those angry exchanges at the direction of Attorney General Merrick Garland

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.

A proposal to enhance public credibility

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’ 

Wisconsin’s unemployment situation has rebounded, but participation in government programs remains elevated.

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.

In a joint brief with the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, we lay out the problems with occupational licensing in Wisconsin and what meaningful reforms can be enacted.