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The Badger Institute today launches its 2026 Mandate for Madison, a comprehensive policy agenda to preserve and promote opportunity for Wisconsin and its citizens.
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Three opportunities to reduce costs and improve Wisconsin’s regulatory and business climate:
• Restore legislative oversight of administrative rulemaking
• Eliminate outdated emissions testing requirements
• Reinstate specialized business courts
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Wisconsin can strengthen its economic competitiveness by reducing unnecessary regulation, improving oversight of the regulatory process and making its legal environment more efficient and predictable for businesses.
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Houses are dauntingly expensive in metro Madison. Yet the place is surrounded by open land. Why can't builders satisfy the obvious demand?
Let us count the regulatory ways.
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Experts project Dane County’s population (now 600,000) could grow by 150,000 to 275,000 people by 2050.
Can homes be built for them in what is already Wisconsin’s most expensive area for single-family homes?
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Thank you, Milwaukee Brewers. You’ve restored our faith in America
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This is what it looks like when parents are invested in the quality of their kids' education.
This is a very good sign for Wisconsin.
🚨2027 WISCONSIN VOUCHER, CHARTER ENROLLMENT🚨
Milwaukee: +183 (+0.6%)
Racine: -141 (-3.4%)
Wisconsin: +1,941 (+8.3%)
charter: +3,908 (+30.5%)
• charter schools left districts
• higher voucher growth than 2026, unexpectedly
• Manitowoc, West Allis likely over former 10% limit
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Turns out the @DemGovs are making things up. The @BadgerInstitute never "panned" @TomTiffanyWI on eliminating the income tax.
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The Democratic Governors Association is falsely insinuating that the Badger Institute panned a “scheme” by gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany to eliminate Wisconsin’s income tax.
Here’s what we actually said:
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The Federal Tax Credit for Scholarships has gained major support among parents and the general public. Over 75% of school parents told us that they support the new program when we asked in our September tracker survey.
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ALT A polling chart titled "September Tracker Polling 2026" shows levels of support for federal tax credit for K-12 education scholarships. Among all adults: 23% strongly support, 41% somewhat support, 8% somewhat oppose, 3% strongly oppose, 25% don't know/no opinion, with 64% total support. Among school parents: 33% strongly support, 44% somewhat support, 5% somewhat oppose, 1% strongly oppose, 16% don't know/no opinion, with 77% total support. Data source: Morning Consult and EdChoice.
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Wisconsin’s estimated wolf population fell to 1,226 in the winter of 2024-25, down 6.5% from the previous winter.
But the figure remains well above what DNR initially reported for 2023 and comes after the agency reformed its methods of counting wolves.
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There are at least dozens, likely more, of racial preferences in Wisconsin government, said @DanLennington, managing vice president at @WILawLiberty.
“If they’re already unconstitutional,” he said, “then why are they still in effect?”
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First of all, it is not only red states opting into this opportunity. Second, I'd really appreciate it if @GovEvers expanded upon why he thinks these are public funds. These scholarships are funded ENTIRELY by private donations incentivized by federal a tax credit.
Republicans want to send public funds to private schools with:
❌ No student achievement metrics
❌ No school accountability measures
❌ No minimum or maximum scholarship size
❌ No certain end date
❌ No federal cap on spending YOUR tax dollars
That's a NO ❌ from me.
ALT "Treasury Regulations for the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit Fail to Protect Students. The new federal voucher program fails to adequately provide equal opportunities for public school students and disproportionately benefits the wealthy. Source: Center for American Progress"
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Sure, Wisconsin taxpayers can claim the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit. But because of petty politics, their money can only go to help students somewhere else.
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A look at the evolution of Wisconsin’s housing affordability problem over the past decade and solutions designed to correct course by removing policy barriers that restrict construction of new housing and artificially constrain supply, driving up prices.
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Correct. In the words of our 2024 policy brief:
“To determine whether the proposal is realistic, this paper asks two primary questions: How do other states without an income tax fund their essential services? Under what circumstances would this be feasible in Wisconsin?”
This @WisPolitics headline is misleading, making it sound like several conservative groups have come out against @TomTiffanyWI's suggestion that he may eliminate the income tax. The WisPolitics headline links to a left-wing Milwaukee Courier article which doesn't even cite a group opposing Tiffany's statement per se, let alone multiple. It merely cites a @badgerinstitute report from 2024 that discussed the issue theoretically. Another conservative group, @ReformingGovt, endorses eliminating the income tax and has polling showing it's a popular idea. milwaukeecourier.com/news/20…
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Policy Brief: Could Wisconsin eliminate its income tax?
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Critics say Wisconsin doesn’t need a proposed amendment barring racial discrimination by government programs.
Besides, they say, it would block government preferences for one racial group over another.
Do these critics even hear themselves?
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If racial discrimination is already illegal in Wisconsin -- as opponents of a constitutional amendment claim -- then why do Wisconsinites keep having to sue governments to stop discriminating?
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The Census numbers moved in the right direction again: Wisconsin poverty fell to 10.3% in 2024, the second straight decline.
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Wisconsin’s 7.65% top individual income tax rate is still second-highest in the Midwest — hitting skilled workers, entrepreneurs, and most local businesses.
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