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An analysis of the accelerating outbound migration across the border to the Badger State

Department of Revenue’s guidelines on taxing ice cream cakes illustrate the absurd complexity of state’s sales tax system

Wisconsin’s law, which requires a judge to decide on expungement at the time of sentencing, is unlike any in the nation

The high cost of increasing the minimum wage in Wisconsin to $15

A primer on Wisconsin’s unsustainable transportation revenues

Context and Trends

In this short video excerpt, Badger Institute policy analyst Julie Grace testifies before the Senate Judiciary and Public Safety Committee in support of Senate Bill 39, which will make necessary reforms to Wisconsin’s expungement law.

Wisconsin should join neighbors Minnesota and Michigan, and several other states, in authorizing the creation of these licensed mid-level professionals

Wisconsin’s deal should be scrapped for reasons far beyond the possible switch from factory jobs to research jobs

Commission staff adds expensive requirement to solar farm project without considering the cost or whether a bird-death problem even exists…

A solution to Wisconsin’s costly dental access problem?

A guide to fair, simple, pro-growth reform

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.