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- Why certain Wisconsinites feel particularly poor (or rich)
- Minnesota and Illinois losing billions in income as residents flee high taxes
- If we lose the Electoral College, we lose the country
- Policy brief: Legal cannabis’ impact on physical and mental health
- Milwaukee Historic Preservation Commission’s focus should be a thing of the past
- Fourteen months after deal with Legislature, still no cops in MPS schools
- Prairie-chickens and the land-eating solar industry
- Wisconsin students can easily walk away from two-year colleges
Browsing: Reports
Incarceration is rare for pot-only convictions; coupled with municipal policies, Wisconsin has, in effect, decriminalized marijuana.
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 in its second edition of Criminal Justice Reform Recommendations.
Review and recommendations
They’re working and should be made permanent
A trilogy of reports looking at police use of force, police discipline, and violent crime
Parents with disabilities or health limitations often time out of the program or end up on disability insurance
Disciplinary actions against police officers in Wisconsin’s largest cities, whether for use of force or anything else, are rare
A call for greater transparency
What we know thus far
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?
An employer handbook
Wisconsin licensing boards are routinely in violation of law requiring public representation
Two studies look at Wisconsin’s complex community corrections system and why many on supervision are failing.
A better way to help the disabled get to work.
An analysis of the accelerating outbound migration across the border to the Badger State
The high cost of increasing the minimum wage in Wisconsin to $15
A primer on Wisconsin’s unsustainable transportation revenues
Context and Trends
A solution to Wisconsin’s costly dental access problem?