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- MPS stiff-arms cops in schools as allegations of robbery and assault mount
- DPI fabricates testing miracle — but doesn’t help Wisconsin kids read
- Jagler: MPS could pay a price for cop recalcitrance
- The dawn of viable small modular nuclear reactors — and why Wisconsin should care
- Wisconsin should listen to its people: Link FoodShare to work
- Work requirement waivers increased FoodShare caseloads and costs in Wisconsin
- “Free” Milwaukee streetcar costing over $5 million annually
- Government overregulation stymies broadband buildout in rural Wisconsin
Browsing: Reports
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
Wisconsin’s teacher-led insurgency
We know that in 1990 there were over 96,000 women on AFDC in Wisconsin. Today, there are less than 8,000.
A good value for taxpayers or a case of market abuse?
A study of 587 Wisconsin residents who expect to vote was conducted by telephone October 18 through October 21, 2000.…
A further evaluation of the SAGE program
Wisconsin’s Regional Employment Growth The Wisconsin economy in the 1990s benefited from the long period of growth experienced by the…
The Objectives of the Research The…
Fugitives from the justice system
When NAFTA was ratified in 1994, we studied the issue an concluded it would benefit Wisconsin. Five years later, we examine our hypothesis and discover that NAFTA works.
What It Will Take to Make It Work
Between 1991 and 1998 the rates of both teen pregnancies and births fell across the nation: among teenagers ages 15-19,…
A myth that continues to exist in the minds of the public and many a government regulator is the notion…
Over the last decade no issue in Wisconsin has been more closely watched here and across the country than the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program.
The Objectives of the Research The objectives of this wave of WPRI’s ongoing…
A review of current issues and trends
The path to fewer prisons

