The
Economic Impact of Immigration on Green Bay
(David Dodenhoff, Ph.D.) April 2008 (Vol. 21 No. 2)
Preparing
Effective Teachers for the Milwaukee Public Schools: How Good a Job do
Wisconsin Schools of Education Do?
(Scott Niederjohn, Ph.D. and Mark Schug, Ph.D.) March 2008 (Vol. 21 No.
1)
The
2007 Wisconsin Citizen Survey
December 2007 (Vol. 20 No. 10)
The
Exploding Use of Debt to Finance Government in Wisconsin
(Christian Schneider) November 2007 (Vol. 20 No. 9)
Fixing
the Milwaukee Public Schools: The Limits of Parent-Driven Reform
(David Dodenhoff, Ph.D.) October 2007 (Vol. 20 No. 8)
Renewing
the University of Wisconsin System: Creating the Capacity to Manage
and Compete
(Thomas L. Fletemeyer) July 2007 (Vol. 20 No. 7)
The
Achievement Gap in Milwaukee Public Schools
(Sammis White, Ph.D) May 2007 (Vol. 20 No. 6)
The
Truth Behind Wisconsin's Oil Company Tax: Why You'll Pay More at the
Pump
(George Lightbourn, Christian Schneider, and Benjamin Artz) March 2007 (Vol.
20 No. 5)
Five
Ways to Fix Wisconsin's W-2 Program
(David Dodenhoff, Ph.D.) March 2007 (Vol. 20 No. 3)
The
Benefits of Cable Competition in Wisconsin
(Christian Schneider) March 2007 (Vol. 20 No. 4)
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 Unleashing
Wisconsin's Frugality
By
Steven Pigeon
 Wisconsinites
have a reputation of being frugal. Some, like myself, take great pride in
this earned reputation. However, for many Wisconsinites frugality has
become a necessity in an effort to avoid an increasing tax burden that is
being placed upon them by local governments.
This is especially the case in Milwaukee.
Recently, Milwaukee Major Tom Barrett
has expressed a desire to permanently extend a tax imposed on cell phones,
which was used to successfully update 911 call center technologies. This $0.43 monthly tax is set to expire November 30th.
It is not the minimal cost of the tax that is upsetting.
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Making
Wisconsin the Health Care Migration Capital
- By
Rick Esenberg
There
is a school of thought about American federalism holding that the
states ought to be the laboratories of democracy. Each state can try
its own unique solutions to policy problems and, through this
state-by-state experimentation, we will learn what works. Let fifty
flowers bloom!
A
problem may arise when these “experiments” benefit one part of the
population at the expense of another.
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Milwaukee's Children Deserve a
Chance to Be Better
- By George
Lightbourn
By now the plight of MPS students seems
a tired story, having been repeated far too often to elicit shock or
even mild surprise. Janice and her fellow public school students,
emerge each day from lives cluttered with challenges. They emerge into
a world far grittier than the world facing most Wisconsin children.
And the reality is that they will struggle with school, attend
sporadically and either stop going altogether, or graduate from high
school with deficiencies.
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The
Milwaukee health care market is plagued with unusually high costs.
As a result, the cost of health care and health insurance is affecting the
bottom line for both businesses and families. The cost of health
care is one of the more unattractive elements facing those choosing to
live and work in Milwaukee.
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