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The importance of keeping Act 10 and right-to-work, and how to create additional opportunity for workers

October 22, 2026

Many new staff, same old class size

Reducing regulatory burdens and improving Wisconsin’s business climate

Why can’t metro Madison build enough houses for its high demand?

What the Badger Institute has actually said about income taxes

How Wisconsin can reverse its drift toward unaffordable homes

The only remedy for government discrimination is to make it stop discriminating

How to overcome Wisconsin’s income tax competitiveness problem

Billions in private donor support for students could be ‘largest investment in education ever’ in America

Is 5.9 million acres of government-owned land enough?

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