Every time a new voter registers in Wisconsin, the Government Accountability Board mails them a postcard as a way to verify their address. However, a review by the MacIver News Service revealed that nobody knows how many of those postcards are returned as undeliverable. Read More »

These improvements held true across different demographics statewide. Economically disadvantaged students raised their four-year grad rates from 71.7 percent to 74.1 Students with limited English proficiency saw their rate rise from 65.1 percent to 66. These trends also held true across all reported ethnic groups, according to DPI's data. Read More »

In the last two years executives and employees of the firm alleged to have received a no-bid contract from the City of Milwaukee have contributed thousands of dollars to the many political campaigns of Mayor Tom Barrett. Read More »

This is a dramatic change in the state's fiscal outlook from when Walker took office at the beginning of 2011. At the time the state was facing a structural deficit of $3.6 billion for the next biennium. The state was operating under a budget that had a deficit of $137 million. Neither figure included the $200 million owed the medical malpractice compensation fund and the $58 million owed to Minnesota under the tax reciprocity agreement at the time. The state budget did include $2 billion in one-time federal stimulus money for existing programs, a hole needing to be fixed in the next biennium. Read More »

By Joseph W. Handrick Special Guest Perspective for the MacIver Institute Walker May Fall in Dane County (But It Won't Hurt Too Bad) Bob Dole once proclaimed, "There's going to be an election tomorrow -- Someone's going to win, someone's... Read More »

Wisconsin's Department of Administration revenue projections show the state is expected to finish the two-year budget cycle in the black and for the first time in a decade, and the state will have enough of a surplus to transfer money into the rainy day fund in consecutive years. Read More »

After refining the dataset created by Verify the Recall, a Wisconsin man began running it against other public records and discovered 571 tax delinquents signed Recall petitions. His findings? The total in back taxes owed by petitioners is more than $17 million. The list of individuals can be found through the website, www.putwisconsinfirst.com Read More »

I'm pretty sure that dirt getting rained on is not pollution. On the other hand, I am 100% certain that a union guy working for the city yanking a valve handle open to dump tens of thousands of government poo juice into a river on purpose - is. Read More »

64 percent of Americans would give their public schools a "C" grade or lower, according to a new poll released this week by the George W. Bush Institute. Read More »

With a comfortable lead in the polls heading into Tuesday's Democratic Primary election in the gubernatorial recall, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett has reportedly decided not to participate in a special "Unity" rally planned for Wednesday night. The move has left some union activists crying foul and a Republican spokesperson hopeful it is a sign of disunity among the coalition of liberal special interest groups who oppose Governor Scott Walker. Read More »