Here we recognize the best and the worst of the 2017-18 legislative session and the sometimes just plain weird personalities and bizarre developments that impacted the public policy debate here in Wisconsin. Read More 2018 MacIver End Of Session Awards
By M.D. Kittle – It’s been a big week for liberty and limited government in the Legislature. Read More UPDATED: Liberty Legislation Wins And Losses This Session
Lawmakers have a chance to repeal large swaths of the state’s antiquated minimum markup law. A bill doing just that recently had a long-overdue hearing. But special interests have a lot to protect from the scourge of competition, and on this, they’re calling the shots. Looks like deep discounts will remain illegal in Wisconsin for the foreseeable future. Read More MacIver News Minute: Minimum Markup Reform Gets A Hearing, But Special Interests Reign Supreme
By M.D. Kittle – An army of blue descended on the Capitol Wednesday, some 100 Walmart employees backing a bill that would repeal portions of Wisconsin’s antiquated “minimum markup law.” Read More Packed House For Hearing On Minimum Markup Reform Bill
Back to School shopping was more costly for Wisconsin parents last year thanks to a decades-old law that artificially raised prices on products from markers and colored pencils to notebooks and computers. Read More Back to School Supplies More Costly in Wisconsin Thanks to State Law