Category: Breaking newsmi perspectives

Wisconsin Advances an Amazing Education Reform Measure

By James Wigderson Special Guest Perspective for the MacIver Institute Parents in Wisconsin had a tremendous victory last week when the legislature passed a change in the state’s open enrollment law making it easier for...

Price of (Legal) Drugs Subject of Bipartisanship in Madison

By James Wigderson Special Guest Perspective for the MacIver Institute The legislature may soon be on drugs. As a topic, I mean. A bipartisan group of legislators wants to repeal the minimum markup law for prescription drugs in...

What the Wisconsin School Accountability Program Should Look Like

By Christian D’Andrea MacIver Institute Education Policy Analyst In the near future the final recommendations of three task forces dedicated to improving public education in Wisconsin are expected to be unveiled. This...

Democrats Turn Waste, Fraud and Abuse Commission into Partisan Issue

By James Wigderson Special Guest Perspective for the MacIver Institute Governor Scott Walker’s Waste, Fraud and Abuse Commission (WFAC) has issued their report and found a potential $445 million in savings for Wisconsin’s...

Wigderson on Earmarks in State Budget

By James Wigderson Special Guest Perspective for the MacIver Institute State Senator Rich Zipperer’s committee is again considering his bill to make budget “earmarks” transparent in the state budget process. Zipperer’s...

Read to Lead Acknowledges Wisconsin’s Growing Reading Problems – But Will It Be Enough?

By Christian D’Andrea MacIver Institute Education Policy Analyst On Wednesday, Governor Scott Walker and Superintendent Tony Evers unveiled the state’s plan to boost fading reading scores in Wisconsin’s public...

Just What the Heck is a Green Job Anyway?

MacIver News Analysis January 4, 2012 There are two questions that plague efforts to assess the green economy: What is a green job and how many of them are there? While still a candidate, President Barack Obama promised to create...

Credibility of Doctors in Fake Sick Note Scam Forever in Question, Attorney Says

By James Wigderson Special Guest Perspective for the MacIver Institute One of the more controversial stories to come out of last year’s protests in Madison was the handing out of notes excusing people from work by several...

Wiggy: No fan of wind farms

By James Wigderson Special Guest Perspective for the MacIver Institute A new wind farm is complete in Columbia County and it will soon be killing more birds than a Sarah Palin Thanksgiving photo op. Or, for you heavy metal fans,...

MacIver Responds to PolitiFact

“As you may have noticed, PolitiFact tried to take the MacIver News Service to task over our reporting of a recent meeting of the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board (GAB). Specifically, they rated as “Mostly...