Browsing: Licensing and Regulation

A free-market coalition of the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL), Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin, the Badger Institute, and MacIver Institute have pooled their resources to offer some solutions and policy recommendations to assist the state’s workers and businesses, provide more certainty during the crisis, and spur a quick and lasting recovery.

After Gov. Tony Evers issued an executive order to cut red tape on medical licensing, the Badger Institute, Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, The MacIver Institute and Americans for Prosperity urge the governor and state Legislature to continue to cut red tape to fight the coronavirus pandemic in Wisconsin.

Arizona, Pennsylvania paved way for full licensure recognition

Lawmakers should streamline regulations so more people can work

For more than a year, bureaucratic delays and hurdles imposed by the Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services (DSPS) deprived Meggan Thompson of a job and an income, and deprived Wisconsinites with debilitating mental health issues of the help she could have long ago provided.

Occupational licensing regulations can undermine public health in the name of protecting it

Badger Institute Policy Analyst Julie Grace testified in favor of 2019 SB 746, SB 747, and SB 760 before the Wisconsin Senate Committee on Public Benefits, Licensing and State-Federal Relations on February 18, 2020

2019 SB 746, SB 747, and SB 760 would positively impact and streamline the state’s licensing process.

Senate committee passes two licensing reform bills

Public members discuss how they view their role on boards

Decisions from licensing boards are oftentimes arbitrary and unfair

Bill allows for optional registration for in-state insurance adjusters

Wisconsin should join states that have enacted sunrise laws as an alternative to new licenses that fence out workers and don’t protect the public

What is occupational licensing, how does it affect employment and consumer costs, and what options exist for reform?

Gov. Evers vetoes bill that would’ve helped aspiring certified nursing aides and eased shortage in Wisconsin

1.2 million Wisconsinites live in dental care shortage areas. Children, seniors, veterans & the disabled are most likely to lack access to oral care. Here’s a successful effort to provide dental care to underserved populations without relying on taxpayers.

Creating a license for public insurance adjusters is not necessary in Wisconsin

I couldn’t tell the difference from a regular dentist,’ says satisfied patient 

Minnesota dentists now see, and get, value from dental therapists, who’ve been practicing in that state for a decade

Through an interpreter, dental therapist Katy Leiviska explains to Sana Tamang how her 4-year-old son, Ryan, would benefit from the application of dental sealants.

Dental therapists in Minnesota help more low-income kids and adults get the oral care they need