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Wisconsin should stop treating data centers worse than other taxpaying industries
Sales tax exemption isn’t a subsidy but a common shield against increasing consumers’ prices with hidden levies Wisconsin’s sales tax exemption for data center equipment is increasingly controversial, with many policymakers…
Why shut down schools that put kids more than a year ahead?
New study finds school choice is ‘like skipping a grade’ for working-class kids, yet critics would slam the door A major party’s likely nominee for governor, state Rep. Francesca Hong, says she favors good schools. “Every…
Teaching economics, electing to ignore it
Wisconsin students learn what markets do for society, which a leading candidate seems to ignore In 2018, the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction adopted the Wisconsin Standards for Social Studies to guide economics…
Johnson uses new budget role to highlight out-of-control Medicaid spending and fraud
Democrats, meanwhile, blocking release of Medicaid enrollee information Ron Johnson, the third-term Republican U.S. senator from Oshkosh, is using his new perch as chair of the Senate Budget Committee to spotlight rampant…
It’s time for Welfare Reform 2.0 in Wisconsin
In the summer of 1996, President Bill Clinton signed into law significant welfare reforms passed by a Republican-led Congress. The centerpiece of the reform package was a set of strong work requirements as a condition of…
Eau Claire teens find police are the opposite of oppressors
Teens see the fallacy of the abolish-and-defund narrative One recent July morning in a riverside woods west of Eau Claire, 13 high-schoolers took turns firing practice versions of PepperBalls at an old steel drum and…
Florida could teach Wisconsin how to demand a more open-minded academia
Perhaps a less lopsided faculty is ours for the asking, but have elected officials insisted? A political scientist laid out the grim numbers about lopsided ideology among his fellow Florida professors — whose donations go to…
More Wisconsin circuit courts use text reminders to move justice along: a ‘godsend’
But only a minority of counties use existing capabilities to send messages automatically More than 60 percent of Wisconsin circuit courts use text-message reminders to notify criminal defendants of upcoming court dates,…
How to strengthen the climb from the safety net
Streamlining programs and teaching success can return Wisconsin to path of progress against poverty Executive summary Wisconsin has long benefited from low poverty rates and relatively high labor force participation relative…
The silence breaks: Accountability at last for those who make Milwaukee life unlivable
Standing against ‘teen takeovers’ and acting the fool, there are adults who teach better choices It has been my observation that excusing black antisocial behavior like the recent “teen takeovers” that we’ve seen in our…
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