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How can there be one staff member for every seven students in Milwaukee Public Schools and yet classes as large as 34?

Madison is among the 50 costliest metros nationwide, yet most of Dane County remains open land that would seem to be an obvious place for single-family homes.

The Democratic Governors Association is falsely insinuating that the Badger Institute panned a “scheme” by gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany to eliminate Wisconsin’s income tax.

If Wisconsinites really do want our government to stop racially discriminating, we’ll need to put it in our constitution.

Total potential private giving through the new Federal Scholarship Tax Credit could be six times higher than previously estimated.

Wisconsin’s northern counties’ budgets, economies are squeezed by how much land is undevelopable and off tax rolls.

Business and city leaders in Janesville are warning of the long-term economic damage of citizens taking direct control over major development in the city.

Rather than simply putting more resources into a system producing disappointing results, policymakers should focus on reforms that improve how public schools function.

One important factor remains missing from Wisconsin’s education dashboards: family structure.

Truth be told: Madison Metropolitan School District is as troubled as Milwaukee Public Schools is.

A costly proposed commuter rail system between Kenosha, Racine and Milwaukee is back on the radar of municipal leaders, even as frequent service on high-end buses already serves commuters on the same route.

Since data centers are capital intensive, Wisconsin — a state that manufactures capital goods — is benefiting immensely.

The childcare sector is highly regulated in ways that drive up costs without clear evidence that the related regulations improve safety or quality.

Tax increment financing can raise existing residents’ property tax bills, at least the way the tool is used in Wisconsin.

Sales tax exemption isn’t a subsidy but a common shield against increasing consumers’ prices with hidden levies.

Why do Wisconsin politicians want to close schools providing measurably great education for working-class kids?

Wisconsin’s own economics standards consistently teach the importance of prices, profits, competition, incentives and property rights, while one of the state’s leading candidates for governor campaigns without admitting or even seeming to understand their value.

Overall spending by the federal and state governments on Medicaid has never once been reduced since Congress approved the program in 1965.

Promoting employment, rather than simply awarding benefits, should be the central goal of Wisconsin’s safety net program design.

One recent July morning in a riverside woods west of Eau Claire, 13 high-schoolers took turns firing practice versions of PepperBalls at an old steel drum and un-abolishing the police.