The 2011-2013 Budget for the State of Wisconsin is the most fiscally responsible two-year Badger State spending plan in at least a generation. It pays the bills, is short on accounting gimmicks, restrains spending and includes measures that will… Read More Ten Ways the Budget Could Be Better
The 2011-2013 Budget for the State of Wisconsin is the most fiscally responsible two-year Badger State spending plan in at least a generation. It pays the bills, is short on accounting gimmicks, restrains spending and includes measures that will… Read More Ten Ways the Budget Could Be Better
By James Wigderson Special Guest Perspective for MacIver Institute I have an acquaintance, TJ Buczak, who is a pretty good plumber. Everyone should know a good plumber, right? But what makes this plumber even better than most is that he… Read More Legislature Brews Up Interference in Free Market
By James Wigderson Special Guest Perspective for MacIver Institute I have an acquaintance, TJ Buczak, who is a pretty good plumber. Everyone should know a good plumber, right? But what makes this plumber even better than most is that he… Read More Legislature Brews Up Interference in Free Market
by Christian D’Andrea MacIver Institute Education Policy Analyst Legislators from the Senate and Assembly discussed a bill that would enact several school reforms in a quickly organized Committee hearing Monday morning. Senate Bill 95 contains ten different pieces of legislation… Read More Joint Education Committee Discusses a Range of School Reforms from Physical Education to Teacher Evaluations
by Christian D’Andrea MacIver Institute Education Policy Analyst Legislators from the Senate and Assembly discussed a bill that would enact several school reforms in a quickly organized Committee hearing Monday morning. Senate Bill 95 contains ten different pieces of legislation… Read More Joint Education Committee Discusses a Range of School Reforms from Physical Education to Teacher Evaluations
In Waukesha County, two communities named Pewaukee have been talking about merging for years. The City of Pewaukee and Village of Pewaukee are, as you expect, right next to each other. The city actually surrounds the village, and the village… Read More State Should Encourage Local Consolidation
UPDATED MacIver News Service | July 27, 2010 [Madison, Wisc…] Wisconsin has failed in its second attempt to receive federal education dollars sent to states that embrace reform and the pursuit of excellence in education. In the first round of… Read More Wisconsin Once Again Fails in Educational Race to the Top
The sweeping health care financing overhaul known as Obamacare is proving to be a pivotal moment in American politics and a seminal turning point within the political culture in America, but not in ways its proponents had imagined. Galen Institute’s… Read More Repeal Obamacare?Aftermath of Contoversial Vote Not Going As Left Had Planned
MacIver News Service – As the Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, Democratic Wisconsin Congressman Dave Obey is used to making news in Washington. However on Wednesday, Obey absolutely shocked supporters and opponents alike when he announced his retirement by… Read More Obey Retirement Shocks Political Observers from Washington to Wausau