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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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Bill to increase Wisconsin housing supply is now law

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Forty-year-old vehicle emissions program under new scrutiny

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UW System opens door to 3-year degrees, but many students already are on pace for one

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Data center reassurances don’t stand a chance against ‘Terminator’

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Milwaukee will pay someone to say nice things about The Hop

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Post-Kirk assassination, Wisconsin needs to teach difference between words and bullets, says prof

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Kids who kill and maim

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Wisconsin can learn from neighbors’ disappearing-passenger blues

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Testimony on expungement law reform

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New law makes it easier on barbers

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WPRI becomes the Badger Institute

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Think tank says corrections reform needed

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The cost of outlawing fossil fuel heat in Wisconsin

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Policy Brief: Marijuana legalization’s workforce impact looks positive

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Policy Brief: What research shows about marijuana legalization and rates of use

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Policy Brief: Marijuana legalization and the impact on public safety

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