Browsing: Economy and Infastructure

Federal dollars drove personal, small bankruptcies down, but Chapter 11s were flat and could spike

Two very different COVID-19 responses produce different economic outcomes in Hudson, WI, and Stillwater, MN

Editor’s Note What, exactly, have our governments just done for us?By Mike Nichols Medicaid on Red Alert As stimulus rules…

Massive federal spending leaves many in the Badger State better off, but the bill is coming due

What, exactly, have our governments just done for us?

Badger Institute President Mike Nichols testifies in favor of 2017 SB 108 and SB 109 before the Wisconsin Senate Committee on Public Benefits, Licensing and State-Federal
Relations on April 6, 2017

2017 SB 108 and SB 109 would reduce the burdens and restrictions on licensed barbers in Wisconsin

Badger Institute Policy Analyst Julie Grace submitted written testimony in favor of 2021 SB 216 before the Wisconsin Senate Committee on Insurance, Licensing, and Forestry on April 1, 2021.

2021 SB 216 would allow people to braid hair without obtaining a license.

Every time we get our feet on the ladder, they cut the rungs off.” I was in high school when my dad made this statement regarding the minimum wage.

Some of the governor’s budget proposals to help low-income families are ineffective, ripe for abuse or better left to the private sector
By Angela Rachidi
March 16, 2021

Badger Institute Policy Analyst Julie Grace submitted written testimony in favor of 2021 AB 121 before the Wisconsin Senate Committee on Insurance, Licensing, and Forestry on March 3, 2021.

2021 AB 121 would allow people to braid hair without obtaining a license.

As streetcar ridership and funding dwindle, alderman warns of long-term fiscal burden

Parents with disabilities or health limitations often time out of the program or end up on disability insurance

Wisconsin’s small cities offer an escape for suddenly mobile metropolitan workers long cramped by a viral lockdown

Elections commission is confident that ballot tracking and barcoding will mean smooth and secure voting

Raising the minimum wage is an overly simplistic way to make housing more affordable for low-income people

In a truly horrible year, perhaps there have been planted the seeds of miracles

Parents with disabilities or health limitations often time out of the program or end up on disability insurance

In 2020, Missouri joined a growing coalition of states in reforming their occupational licensure laws. We hosted an event with Rep. Derek Grier (R-Chesterfield) and Sen. Brian Williams (D-St. Louis) to discuss how they accomplished this

A growing list of states that have adopted universal licensure recognition

The policy decisions state policymakers make in the months ahead will have far-reaching implications for how quickly jobs and wages are restored in Wisconsin.