Wisconsin legislators missing opportunity to take control of education
Officials who responded to WPRI’s survey had no lack of examples of how spending controls inhibit their ability to serve students.
Read MorePosted by Wisconsin Policy Research Institute | Sep 15, 2017 | Features
Officials who responded to WPRI’s survey had no lack of examples of how spending controls inhibit their ability to serve students.
Read MorePosted by Wisconsin Policy Research Institute | Sep 15, 2017 | Features
The level of frustration has some school officials wondering why the federal government is involved in education at all.
Read MorePosted by Wisconsin Policy Research Institute | Aug 21, 2017 | Features
But is time really on Wisconsin’s side? Will LCD display technology still be relevant in 2020? Or will the plant be obsolete the day it opens?
Read MorePosted by Wisconsin Policy Research Institute | Aug 20, 2017 | Features
There is mixed evidence on the impact of business incentives, with many studies finding them ineffective and costly. However, recent research has shown that large plant openings can have important spillover effects.
Read MorePosted by Wisconsin Policy Research Institute | Aug 19, 2017 | Features
Governments aren’t very good at figuring out which businesses are likely to grow and expand and which are likely to fail.
Read MorePosted by Wisconsin Policy Research Institute | Aug 18, 2017 | Features
The Foxconn deal has some appealing qualities — production of a well-known, high-tech product, the promise of thousands of jobs — but, ultimately, it is filled with too much uncertainty to be good for residents of Wisconsin.
Read MorePosted by Wisconsin Policy Research Institute | Jul 20, 2017 | Features
“If we continue down the path of choking them (craft brewers and wineries) off, it’s detrimental to small businesses and start-ups — and nowhere near representative of a free market.”
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