Fiscal Policy
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Rebuild the Badgers, Not Just the Roster
How Wisconsin fell behind in college football’s new market, and how to make the rebuild last
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Wisconsin’s Manufacturing Advantage Endured: The Manufacturing and Agriculture Credit, 2013–2025
For every 100 manufacturing jobs in Wisconsin’s border counties in 2012, there were about 117 in 2025. Across the state line, 100 became 96.
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Funding and Autonomy in Wisconsin Public Higher Education: A Response to the Wisconsin Technical College System
Wisconsin remains near the bottom nationally in its four-year-to-two-year funding ratio under alternative measures of enrollment.
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Wisconsin’s Love Affair with Its Technical Colleges: Seventh and Forty-Third, Wisconsin
Wisconsin ranks 7th nationally in public support per student for its technical colleges—and 43rd for its universities.
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Wisconsin Cannot Tax What Leaves
Wisconsin has spent decades losing too much young talent. It has so far avoided an Illinois-style high-income outflow. The next governor should try to fix the first without creating the second.