Browsing: Taxes

Many taxpayers in the Badger State could take a hit under changes proposed in House Republican tax bill.
By Jay Miller
November 8, 2017

Institute and Tax Foundation moving forward with analysis of state tax structure and policy recommendations for 2019 budget.

Effort to scrap popular Great Lakes Restoration Initiative is a case study in how difficult it is to reduce spending

Private contractors help states grab more U.S. dollars at the expense of serving children and the poor

Federal regulations force school districts to spend that money or face funding cuts

Wisconsin’s huge investment hinges on the ever-evolving world of display technology

And how tax reform and transportation upgrades can help Wisconsin take full advantage

Following institute’s story, Gov. Scott Walker asks Department of Public Instruction to resubmit Wisconsin federal funding plan.

It’s budget time in Madison. Get out your wallet.

Claiming to have a workforce strategy without a real strategy to attract and retain people makes little sense.
By Tom Hefty
June 28, 2017

Grants-in-aid represent more than 1,100 federal aid programs, each with its own rules and regulations.

For close to a year now, the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute has been wrestling with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to obtain a report on what steps

More than it used to be, but Mayor Barrett fails to count all the state’s funding to the city or how much other communities give

St. Croix Chippewa agree to fix grants review process.

The EITC promotes the expansion of the labor market by increasing the reward to work, while at the same time making it more attractive for businesses to hire.

Managing federal education dollars is costing Wisconsin taxpayers millions and benefiting children hardly at all.

Washington’s grip on state schools continues to grow.

Institute releases data on the federalization of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

The questions we should be asking, however, are: Why aren’t our problems getting better? What value does the Washington bureaucracy add?

Wisconsin Congressman Sean Duffy is seeking a forensic audit of all federal monies awarded to the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa after 113 tribal members sent him a petition alleging mismanagement of federal grants.