MacIver News Service - From June 12-15, many departments from the University of Wisconsin System are sponsoring Fighting Forward: A Labor and Working Class Summit, an event that Rep. Steve Nass (R-Whitewater) said was "higher education prioritizing liberal indoctrination of students instead of the concept of educational sifting and winnowing." Are your tax dollars paying for this conference? Read More »

MacIver News Service - Frustrated with the affects of Act 10 a teacher in western Wisconsin is taking a teaching job in Columbia, where she will work for a private school, sponsored by a mining company, and will likely be exempt from paying US taxes. Read More »

MacIver News Service - In the first floor speech of her career, on April 16th, Rep. LaTonya Johnson (D-Milwaukee) might have admitted to participating in a federal crime. The Assembly was debating a bill proposed by Rep. Samantha Kerkman (R-Powers Lake), which would make trafficking Food Shares a state crime. When Johnson got the floor she drew on her personal experiences to argue against such a law. Read More »

American manufacturers are facing an enormous task due to new federal regulations, one that puts them at a tremendous global disatvantage. American companies that produce products containing gold, tin, tungsten, or tantalum must map out their entire supply chains all the way back to the mine the materials came from. Those materials are used in every single electronic device, from toasters to cell phones. Read More »

In 2010, Tea Party candidates were swept into power in Wisconsin, leading to one of the largest freshman classes of legislators in state history. The MacIver Institute followed six of them throughout their first term in office. Watch how they react to Madison and how Madison changes them through this interactive story. Read More »

Membership in the program does not carry much in the way of benefits. Green Tier Legacy Communities meet four times a year with the DNR and two liberal non-profits to swap ideas about environmental initiatives. There are special loans available for green projects, where members would have to pay 90 percent back and the other 10 percent would be considered a grant. (According to one member city, Fitchburg, no one has taken up that offer yet.) Finally, members get a liaison within the DNR to help them navigate the agency's labyrinthine regulations. Read More »

MacIver News Service | January 16, 2012 ZBB Energy, a Menomonee Falls based green energy company, is in a race to bring new green technologies to market as it finds itself in the center of the debate over whether government... Read More »

MacIver News Service | October 24, 2011 [Madison, Wisc...] A Wisconsin Senate committee quickly and quietly approved a bill Monday Morning aimed at cracking down on unemployment insurance fraud. The Senate's Labor, Public Safety and Urban Affairs committee unanimously approved... Read More »

MacIver News Service | October 19, 2011 [Madison, Wisc…] A MacIver News investigation that revealed recent state employee retirees cashed in an average of 43 weeks of unused sick leave is prompting legislative calls for reform. “It shows yet again... Read More »

News Analysis | October 4, 2011 President Obama's jobs plan, currently on life support in Washington, DC, would either only provide funding for laid off public workers for less than one year or would cover three years’ worth of compensation... Read More »