Aug 3, 2023 | Press Release, Wisconsin Voices Blog
2023-25 State Budget reduces borrowing and results in significant cash reserves Delafield, WI – Today the Institute for Reforming Government (IRG) released Wisconsin’s Finances: Debt and Borrowing. In the 2023-2025 budget, the Legislature chose to pay down...
Aug 2, 2023 | In The News, Oversight, Wisconsin Voices Blog
The following article featuring IRG’s Alex Ignatowski ran in Center Square Wisconsin on Wednesday, August 4. (The Center Square) – A new report puts Wisconsin’s state debt load as the second-highest among the state’s neighbors. The Institute for Reforming...
Jul 28, 2023 | Wisconsin Voices Blog
1.) What is the number one challenge facing Wisconsin and why? The unwillingness to listen to each other and work together to find solutions. Our State motto “Forward” means little without the ability to come together to pursue a common vision of success. 2.)...
Jul 28, 2023 | Wisconsin Voices Blog
From the Department of Workforce Development: “We are excited to see a record number of 15,937 registered apprentices earning while they’re learning on the job, and we’re going to keep making smart, strategic investments to help this program continue to succeed.” Read...
Jul 25, 2023 | In The News, Oversight, Wisconsin Voices Blog
The following article featuring a recent report by IRG’s Center for Investigative Oversight originally run in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Tuesday, July 25, 2023. MADISON – More than a year after Gov. Tony Evers created a new office focused on environmental...
Jul 21, 2023 | Wisconsin Voices Blog
1.) If you were Queen for a day and could wave a magic wand, what policy change in Wisconsin would you enact? If I were Queen for a day, I would restructure the way we raise revenue to support Wisconsin government. I would eliminate the income tax, remove the majority...