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- Strong foundations, untapped potential: Wisconsin’s economy
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- Wisconsin’s childcare subsidies, regulations fail for families
- How a development tool can increase property taxes
- Wisconsin should stop treating data centers worse than other taxpaying industries
- Why are schools that put kids more than a year ahead even at issue?
- Teaching economics, electing to ignore it
- Johnson uses new budget role to highlight out-of-control Medicaid spending and fraud
Browsing: Reports
In the twenty-first century it is an alarming trend that a large percent of Wisconsin students have an almost remedial-level knowledge of American economic and financial institutions
Wisconsin state government is facing the most significant financial challenge in its history. The state budget is out of balance by $3.2 billion. The irony here is that the crisis comes close on the heels of the 1990s, when state government seemed able to do anything. That was the era of elevated spending, new programs,
The 1990s were growth years for the United States and for Wisconsin. The Wisconsin economy added 461,748 jobs, growing by a remarkable 21 percent over the 1991-1999 period, far surpassing the U.S. growth rate of 13 percent. Unfortunately for some, growth was not uniform across all areas of the state. Employment in Brown County (Green
Over the next several years, there may be no more important issue in Wisconsin than the rebuilding of the Marquette Interchange
The answer for Milwaukee governance
Work matters most
A survey of Wisconsin public opinion
No issue in Wisconsin government has grown faster in the last decade than special education. It has accelerated to a $1 billion per year educational program with little accountability
What are Wisconsin high schoolers learning about history?
An examination of potential cost savings
A survey of Wisconsin public opinion
Revenue Sharing and Native American Casinos in Wisconsin
Where did they go?
The University of Wisconsin-Madison, the state’s flagship campus, is increasingly important to the future of Wisconsin. In a new century in which the economy is becoming ever more reliant on knowledge, the state’s lead university must be able to step up and better serve its constituency
Over the past generation, political correctness has advanced by leaps and bounds on our nation’s campuses.
A survey of Wisconsin public opinion
Who is leaving the state? Where are they going?
Options and Opportunities
An examination of the implementation of competitive contracting and privatization by Wisconsin’s government

