Jul 22, 2022 | Wisconsin Voices Blog
IRG’s take: The housing market in Wisconsin has begun to slow down from 2021’s record setting year. However, sales through the first half of 2022 recorded their ‘second best stretch ever’, leading realtors to argue that we have yet to see the...
Jul 22, 2022 | Wisconsin Voices Blog
Transparency in education drives cooperation and student achievement. Have they spent 10 figures wisely on needs or foolishly on desires? Take this and use it in your city! – Quinton Klabon, IRG Senior Research Director See all of the districts here....
Jul 22, 2022 | Wisconsin Voices Blog
What happened? Last August, IRG called on the state legislature to abolish the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) to guard against bureaucratic, unaccountable electoral oversight. IRG’s policy solution recommended utilizing the Secretary of State’s office to oversee...
Jul 15, 2022 | Wisconsin Voices Blog
1. If you were King for a day and could wave a magic wand, what policy change in Wisconsin would you enact? I’d like to see Wisconsin remove the state income tax. It burdens low/middle income families, prohibiting them from saving money towards home ownership. If...
Jul 15, 2022 | Wisconsin Voices Blog
The most efficient way to improve our state’s schools is to train teachers well and to incentivize them to stay in Wisconsin. Unfortunately, so many who graduate fail the final certification test or leave the state. That wastes colleges’ resources and gives...
Jul 15, 2022 | Wisconsin Voices Blog
What happened? The UW System has 13 four-year campuses and 13 two-year campuses, each designed to serve a unique need. But the proliferation of online education delivered by colleges and universities everywhere means that students have more – and more affordable...
