Medicaid Unwinding: A Return To Program Integrity

By MacIver Staff - July 27, 2023

COVID, Disenrolling, Entitlement Fraud, Government Waste, Medicaid, Pandemic, President Biden, President Trump, Unwiding, Welfare

Returning Medicaid to a need-based program after 3 years without eligibility checks. Read More Medicaid Unwinding: A Return To Program Integrity

Top 5 Ways To Improve The Republican Budget

By MacIver Staff - June 28, 2021

2021-23 Budget, Big Government, Gov. Evers, Government Waste, Rep. Mark Born, Sen. Devin LeMahieu, Sen. Howard Marklein, Sen. LeMahieu, Speaker Robin Vos, Tax Cut, Top 5 Ways To Improve The Budget, Wisconsin State Budget

Five big issues that should have been addressed during the budget debate, despite Evers’ line item veto power. Read More Top 5 Ways To Improve The Republican Budget

MacIver News Minute: $1.9 Trillion For Non-Covid Covid Relief??!!

By MacIverNews - March 9, 2021

COVID, COVID-19 Crisis, Federal Deficit, Federal Spending, Federal Stimulus, Federal Waste, Government Waste, MacIver News Minute, President Biden, Wasteful Spending

LISTEN – President Biden’s $1.9 trillion, that’s trillion with a t, covid relief bill passed this weekend. The biggest problem with this latest non-covid covid relief effort? The vast majority of spending does NOT go towards covid relief. Read More MacIver News Minute: $1.9 Trillion For Non-Covid Covid Relief??!!

In Case You Missed It: Jobless Claims Fall, Aluminum Tariffs Aren’t Working, and a Look Into TIFs

By MacIverNews - April 5, 2019

Economy, Employment, Evers, Free Trade, Gov. Tony Evers, Government Waste, JFC, Jobless Claims, Layoffs, Property Tax, Quotas, Tariffs, Taxes, Taxpayer, TIF, TIF Districts

April 5, 2019 | Happy Friday! It was a busy week in Wisconsin. Here are four important article for fiscal conservatives, in case you missed it. Read More In Case You Missed It: Jobless Claims Fall, Aluminum Tariffs Aren’t Working, and a Look Into TIFs

News And Views: Act 10 Savings, Pork Barrel Spending, and Bureaucrat Benefits

By Chris Rochester - August 7, 2018

Act 10, Bureaucrat Benefits, Government Waste, It's Working, Oliver Burrows, Pension Jackpots, Pork Barrel Spending, Sick Leave, The Swamp

MacIver investigative reporter Matt Kittle joins Oliver Burrows on WXCO in Wausau for their weekly update – $3.2 billion in school district benefits savings thanks to Act 10, lavish sick leave and pension benefits for state government retirees, and more pork barrel spending in The Swamp. Read More News And Views: Act 10 Savings, Pork Barrel Spending, and Bureaucrat Benefits