KEY POINTS: The Center for Voter Information admitted to the error of flooding Wisconsin with pre-filled absentee ballot applications. The state Election Commission said that the group’s commercial printer mistakenly listed incorrect voter names on the absentee voter...
How did we jump from $84 million to $290 million? An earlier study from 2019 revealed that Brewer's stadium maintenance needs would require $84 million to cover all costs through 2040. Recently, the Governor dropped a bomb saying he was planning on spending $290...
Every year, except when they were canceled in 2020, students in Wisconsin take a series of standardized tests to assess their proficiency in various subjects. These test results are a tool to gauge a student’s academic progress and the overall effectiveness of...
Wisconsin is home to some of the most beautiful scenic lakes and parks in America. The state has a remarkable 15,000 lakes scattered throughout its lush plains, wetlands, and forests. Any visitor traveling to this discreet yet breathtaking Midwestern region must...
Vos is correct: Even if we stop using gas, we need to fund the roads that let Wisconsin grow. Robin Vos spoke a hard truth the other day, something unpleasant because it is incontrovertible. Speaking about the future of funding an important Wisconsin priority, the...
Vos is correct: Even if we stop using gas, we need to fund the roads that let Wisconsin grow Robin Vos spoke a hard truth the other day, something unpleasant because it is incontrovertible. Speaking about the future of funding an important Wisconsin priority, the...
CROWE reports long-term gains in output and income. I don’t know if they need binoculars, a magical telescope, one of those Deloreans that Christopher Lloyd drove around in Back to the Future, or just a spine, but politicians starting to negotiate tax reform...
KEY POINTS: Delafield is currently the lowest-taxed municipality in Waukesha County, with a rate of $1.44 per thousand. If the requested referendum passes, it would only increase the tax rate to $1.73, keeping the Town of Delafield on the list of the lowest-taxed...
A spokesman for Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson has told the Badger Institute it is “likely that Milwaukee police officers will have a renewed presence in some Milwaukee Public Schools in 2023.” Should Milwaukee Public Schools and the Milwaukee Police Department...
Declining gas tax revenues require a fair and sustainable replacement Assembly Speaker Robin Vos on Wednesday renewed a call for Wisconsin to adopt tolling as a way to pay for state infrastructure projects. An alternative is needed, he said, as increased fuel...
CROWE reports long-term gains in output and income I don’t know if they need binoculars, a magical telescope, one of those Deloreans that Christopher Lloyd drove around in Back to the Future or just a spine but politicians starting to negotiate tax reform in the...
Adapted from the full report by Angela Rachidi, Ensuring Opportunity: Altering Wisconsin’s Safety Net to Encourage Upward Mobility. Download the Fact Sheet 2023 Safety Net Fact SheetDownload The post Safety Net Fact Sheet appeared first on Badger Institute.
An establishment that for so long failed to apply known science has no place dismissing parents. Several hundred Wisconsinites gathered in Madison this month to revel in a revelation: We’ve known for years how to stop failing so often at teaching children to read....
KEY POINTS: Scott Walker appointed Daniel Kelly in 2016 as a Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice. Kelly is a 58-year-old constitutional conservative who respects the wisdom and values of the past by implementing them in the modern day. Constitutional conservatives focus...
An establishment that for so long failed to apply known science has no place dismissing parents Several hundred Wisconsinites gathered in Madison this month to revel in a revelation: We’ve known for years how to stop failing so often at teaching children to read. ...
The primary results are in, and Dorow and Mitchell are out. Janet Protasiewicz and Dan Kelly topped the polls in the four-candidate race for the Supreme Court. The upcoming April election results are vitally important and will likely send shockwaves throughout the...