Editor’s Note
What, exactly, have our governments just done for us?
By Mike Nichols
Medicaid on Red Alert
As stimulus rules supercharge costs, pressure grows to expand the unaccountable program in Wisconsin
By Mark Lisheron
Badger Briefing: Here’s what we’re hearing
Nuggets and numbers from trends we’ve observed on topics from vaccines to marijuana to bankruptcy
An artificial boom
Massive federal spending leaves many in the Badger State better off, but the bill is coming due
By Michael Jahr
A pandemic rivalry in the St. Croix Valley
Two very different COVID-19 responses produce different economic outcomes in Hudson, WI, and Stillwater, MN
By Kevyn Burger
Floating the little guy
Federal dollars drove personal, small bankruptcies down, but Chapter 11s were flat and could spike
By Benjamin Garbedian
Students bear brunt of COVID-19 inequality
Families turn to private schools as MPS ignores federal entreaties and keeps classrooms shut
By Julie Grace
Another $5.7 billion for Wisconsin governments is insane
An unnecessary second stimulus is an invitation for state, county and local officials to act irresponsibly with our tax money
By Mike Konecny
A pandemic tipping point
A refusal by MPS and the teachers union to resume in-person classes is a boon to other schools
By Mike Nichols
Operation Vaccination
Wisconsin stumbled early getting shots into arms. Here’s what happened.
By Ken Wysocky
Vast majority of victims were elderly
Downplayed by the media, two very different COVID-19 outcomes for the old and young
By Richard Moore
