Federal Debt Limit Bill Takes Aim At Work Requirements

By MacIver Staff - June 6, 2023

Debt Ceiling, Federal Government, guaranteed income, Welfare Reform, Work Requirements

The Federal debt limit bill temporarily expands work requirements for some welfare recipients, but eliminates them entirely for others. Read More Federal Debt Limit Bill Takes Aim At Work Requirements

The MacIver Institute’s 2023 Agenda

By MacIver Staff - March 9, 2023

3% Flat Tax, Agenda 23, Corporate Taxes, Crime, Education, Election Integrity, Income Taxes, MacIver Agenda, Medicaid, Scold And Release Crime Policy, Spending Limits, State Spending, Transparency, Welfare Reform

2023 Policy Agenda Read More The MacIver Institute’s 2023 Agenda

Fact Checking Barnes’ “Crumbs” Ad: Do Choosy Tax Delinquents Choose Jif?

By MacIver Staff - October 7, 2022

Badgercare, Evers Taxes, Fact Check, Gas Tax, Higher Property Taxes, Mandela Barnes, Manufacturing and Agriculture Tax Credit, Middle-Class, Property Taxes, Tax Increases, Welfare, Welfare Reform

Barnes was so poor he was forced to eat peanut butter sandwiches at the same time he purchased two homes? Read More Fact Checking Barnes’ “Crumbs” Ad: Do Choosy Tax Delinquents Choose Jif?

Veto Day Analysis

By MacIverNews - July 3, 2019

2019-21 Budget, Gov. Evers, Gov. Tony Evers, K-12 Funding, Transportation Funding, Veto, Vetoes, Welfare Reform

There was nothing Evers could do to get it back to the $84.2 billion he wanted to spend. However, he certainly was not going to sign the Republicans’ budget without making some changes. Here’s what Evers did and did not do in his 78 line-item vetoes. Read More Veto Day Analysis

Before the Vote: What to Know About Health Care and Welfare in the 2019-21 Budget

By Ola Lisowski - June 3, 2019

2019-21 Budget, Badgercare, Food Stamps, FoodShare, Gov. Evers, Gov. Tony Evers, Medicaid, Medicaid Expansion, Medicaid Reform, Medical Assistance, Tony Evers, Unemployment, Unemployment Insurance, Unemployment Rate, Welfare Reform

By Ola Lisowski & Chris Rochester – Wisconsin’s powerful budget-writing committee will be taking up agency budgets for the Department of Health Services (DHS) and Department of Children and Families (DCF) Tuesday. Read More Before the Vote: What to Know About Health Care and Welfare in the 2019-21 Budget