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- Madison is a perfect example of why cities should stay out of grocery business
- Much of America figuring out how to build more homes
- Wisconsin DPI mired in one scandal after another
- Republican candidates join nationwide scrutiny of tenure
- Most UW System schools’ enrollments are stagnant as tech colleges flourish
- Money now more important than Milton or Macbeth at UW schools
- UW students turning away from gender and ethnic studies degrees
- Rights of nature and the wrongs inflicted on Wisconsinites
Browsing: Media
Bill would expand work, scholarship opportunities for young caddies
Senate committee passes two licensing reform bills
Wisconsin’s prison system will require hundreds of millions of dollars for new construction, operating costs just to keep up with population growth
Public members discuss how they view their role on boards
Decisions from licensing boards are oftentimes arbitrary and unfair
Bill allows for optional registration for in-state insurance adjusters
‘Sunrise review’ would inform legislators about impact of proposed occupational licenses
Wisconsin should join states that have enacted sunrise laws as an alternative to new licenses that fence out workers and don’t protect the public
The current system is vulnerable to politics and perverse incentives
Policies linked to work are critical to lifting people out of poverty
What is occupational licensing, how does it affect employment and consumer costs, and what options exist for reform?
Gov. Evers vetoes bill that would’ve helped aspiring certified nursing aides and eased shortage in Wisconsin
An employer handbook
Creating a license for public insurance adjusters is not necessary in Wisconsin
Family’s universal belief is that competition and merit are best for America
Through an interpreter, dental therapist Katy Leiviska explains to Sana Tamang how her 4-year-old son, Ryan, would benefit from the application of dental sealants.
Dental therapists in Minnesota help more low-income kids and adults get the oral care they need
Wisconsin licensing boards are routinely in violation of law requiring public representation
Last month, the Wisconsin Department of Revenue released data showing the state’s general fund tax collections for fiscal year (FY) 2019 were up nearly $1.2 billion, or 7.4 percent, from FY 2018, and nearly $703 million higher than anticipated when the state’s FY 2018-19 budget was adopted.
Expanding access: A decade of dental therapists in Minnesota
The 2018 Farm Bill failed to address a key loophole in the country’s main food assistance program, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) — a loophole that states have increasingly used over the past decade to expand SNAP income eligibility beyond the intent of the law. In July, the U.S. Department of Agriculture

