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How Wisconsin policy punishes low-income families for getting married – and what to do about it
February 2019

Fair-chance hiring laws may hurt the job-seekers they aim to help

New report doesn’t include comparisons with other states and policy recommendations

Bipartisan legislative support for a tolling study likely exists and is validated by two major reports

The fiscal calamity looming for our neighbor to the south could help lure businesses and workers to the Badger State

As with manufacturing property, valuations should be done by the state, with owners being able to appeal to a panel of tax experts rather than a local review board

The Wisconsin Criminal Justice Coalition, led by the Badger Institute, offers policy ideas for combating recidivism, fostering opportunity, saving taxpayer money and maintaining public safety.

How federal grants are depriving us of our money, liberty and trust in government – and what we can do about it. This book by the Badger Institute urges states to push back.

A policy brief from the Tax Foundation and the Badger Institute.

In response to a tight state labor market, our latest report offers strategies for increasing labor force participation. The authors find that increasing the participation rate by just 1 percentage point would increase gross state product by a whopping $667 annually per resident.

Many taxpayers will no longer benefit from state and local tax deduction

An empowered treasurer could be an independent voice for fiscal sanity

Broad-based Wisconsin tax reform should be the goal

Numbers and nuggets from trends in Wisconsin — on everything from the state’s tax rankings to our workforce shortage to the growth in occupational licensing to corrections to the transportation funding dilemma to the decline of the mainstream media.

It would seem a simple question to ask of any public agency: How much money do you spend and on what?

Gov. Walker says he’ll decide on Opportunity Zone designations by March 21 federal deadline Editor’s note: On March 21, Gov. Scott…

Special needs students are left behind because of inequitable allocation of federal resources, administrators say in survey

Residents in high-tax states like ours are stung harder by cap on state/local tax deduction

Wisconsin’s ‘arbitrary’ exam scores fencing out many young professionals