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Wisconsin should replace its current graduated individual income tax with a single-rate structure and set that rate as low as fiscal conditions responsibly allow.

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.

Wisconsin transportation policy should begin with the people who use the system: where they want to go, how they want to get there and how those choices may change as new technologies become available.

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.

If Wisconsin children receive poor instruction, attend chaotic schools, and learn through weak, incoherent curricula, then industry and civil society will struggle accordingly.

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

Much remains to make Wisconsin reach its full economic potential, including matching its strong inputs with stronger outputs.

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

With important reforms, Wisconsin can meet both the demands of ensuring safe and affordable childcare for Wisconsin families while controlling overall costs.  

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.