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IRG Releases Report on Modernizing and Decentralizing State Government

Delafield, WI - Today the Institute for Reforming Government released a brand new report – Reimagining Wisconsin Government for the 21st Century – that presents a clear roadmap for modernizing and strengthening state government, removing its inefficiencies, and shrinking its size and footprint in Madison. Click here for the full ...

IRG Releases Comprehensive Analysis of Gov. Evers’ 2023-2025 Budget

Delafield, WI – Today, the policy team at the Institute for Reforming Government released its summary analysis on Governor Evers' proposed 2023-2025 budget, highlighting how it impacts families in areas of state spending including on taxes, K-12 and higher education, healthcare and insurance, workforce, energy and broadband, baseball park ...

IRG Launches Center for Investigative Oversight

IRG Launches Center for Investigative Oversight Will promote accountability, transparency and conservative governance at state and local level   Delafield, WI – Wisconsin is witnessing an alarming trend in executive and bureaucratic failures, as well as claims of power for which there is no support in our constitution or statutes. ...

Anthony LoCoco Joins IRG as Chief Legal Counsel & Director of Oversight

MADISON, WI. – Today, the Institute for Reforming Government announced the hiring of Anthony LoCoco, J.D., to join the team as Chief Legal Counsel & Director of Oversight. LoCoco, a graduate of Harvard Law School and former Deputy Counsel at the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, will lead IRG’s state government oversight efforts, ...

IRG Releases Transparency Tool for $1.49B in Federal K-12 COVID Relief

IRG Releases Transparency Tool for $1.49B in Federal K-12 COVID Relief Calls on legislature to conduct oversight of spending plans Delafield, WI. – Today, the Institute for Reforming Government (IRG) released an interactive database for taxpayers to see how Wisconsin school districts are allocating the unprecedented $1.49 billion of ...

10 Challenges Facing Tony Evers

If the core mission of the Governor, the state’s chief executive officer, is to operationalize the functions of government and manage the bureaucracy, then government in Madison no longer works the way it was intended. Over the last four years, executive branch agencies have racked up major backlogs and failed to provide basic care for ...