OUR POLICY SOLUTIONS ON GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY
Policy Solution: Reemployment Assistance from DWD
THE PROBLEM: The COVID-19 pandemic has made it painfully clear that the Department of Workforce Development’s (DWD) Division of Unemployment Insurance (UI)…
Policy Solution: Make State Elections Official Accountable to Voters
THE PROBLEM: The people of Wisconsin do not have a mechanism to hold state elections officials at the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) accountable when they abuse their power…
Policy Solution: Exposing Waste, Illegality, and Abuses in State Government
The Problem: The COVID-19 pandemic exposed incompetence, abuses, and illegality in Wisconsin government, especially in the executive branch and school districts.
Wisconsin’s Bold Solutions For Regulatory Reform
Before Governor Scott Walker took office in 2011, Wisconsin was in need of regulatory reform and improving the state’s economic climate. According to Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC), the state chamber, before Governor Walker took office,…
Wisconsin’s Emergency Preparedness
On March 12, 2020, Gov. Tony Evers issued Executive Order #72 to declare “a Health Emergency in Response to the COVID-19 Coronavirus.” This order would direct all state agencies to respond to this public health crisis including the Department of Health Services (DHS) “as the lead agency,” the Adjutant General was “authoriz[ed]…
Policy Solution: Addressing the Workforce Crisis through Improvements to Wisconsin’s Failed Welfare State
Despite increased wages and improved benefit packages, finding workers is still extremely difficult for employers all over Wisconsin. There are approximately 130,000 open jobs posted on the Job Center of Wisconsin website daily, and Wisconsin has one of the tightest labor markets employers have ever faced…