Licensing and Regulation
Transportation policy for the way Wisconsinites actually want to travel
Executive summary Transportation policy debates frequently drift toward promoting particular modes of travel while discouraging others. However, roads, rail lines and buses are not ends in themselves; their purpose is to help…
Want to help families, Wisconsin? Stop raising childcare costs
Our straitjacket of rules and spiral of subsidies has demonstrably failed; time to give families flexibility Debates surrounding childcare policy often become emotionally charged. This is understandable given that discussion…
Restoring accountability in Wisconsin government
Executive summary Citizens say they want accountable and transparent government, and politicians say they agree. Yet Wisconsin’s state government frequently falls short of delivering it. This chapter, based on research and…
A foolish law wages war against homemade shindigs
Wedding barn law already bites into Wisconsin businesses A law meant to hobble wedding barns in Wisconsin just went into force Jan. 1, but it already driving away customers long before then. “It bit into my business last…
Much of America figuring out how to build more homes
Wisconsin can follow suit and cut regulations The dire need for more houses in America has even regulation-heavy cities like Los Angeles, New York City, Minneapolis and St. Paul streamlining rules — and providing a playbook…
Wisconsin DPI mired in one scandal after another
Botched report cards, lowered standards, licensing and finance scandals erode faith in DPI Accused of gutting academic standards, manipulating report cards, slacking on fiscal oversight and bungling oversight of sexual…
Fixing regulatory rampage will require amendment, say observers
But reforms via statute might help Wisconsin avoid a still more onerous environment Fixing the damage wreaked by the Wisconsin Supreme Court when it stripped the Legislature of its power to halt bureaucrats’ regulations will…
Assembly votes to counter Supreme Court and bureaucrats; delays costly building code changes
Lawmakers advanced a bill this week to buy time for Wisconsin construction projects blindsided by a state agency’s abrupt implementation of a new commercial building code. The Assembly on Tuesday passed, on a party-line 54-41…
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