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Expanding access: A decade of dental therapists in Minnesota
The 2018 Farm Bill failed to address a key loophole in the country’s main food assistance program, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) — a loophole that states have increasingly used over the past decade to expand SNAP income eligibility beyond the intent of the law. In July, the U.S. Department of Agriculture
Poor pavement condition and high spending mean the state isn’t getting top value from its highway dollars
Wisconsin is one of the worst-performing states in the country at providing dental care for disadvantaged kids
Nationally and across the states, policy-makers from both parties are supporting less burdensome licensure rules
Wisconsin should rethink its entire teacher certification process
Outside of UW-Madison, the argument that the colleges have huge multiplier effect on communities and the state is nonsensical
Switching to a progressive income tax structure would drive Illinois even further behind Wisconsin
Lack of minority high school and college grads and wide prosperity gaps will only exacerbate the region’s growing employee shortage, business leaders fear
Wisconsin needs to face the reality of declining fuel-tax revenue and transition to per-mile charges
Fewer barriers mean barbers and stylists are now free to own and grow their businesses beyond shops and salons
The Department of Transportation now has the opportunity to study tolling as a path forward to fix our crumbling infrastructure
Department of Revenue’s guidelines on taxing ice cream cakes illustrate the absurd complexity of state’s sales tax system
Wisconsin’s law, which requires a judge to decide on expungement at the time of sentencing, is unlike any in the nation