by Collin Roth | Mar 21, 2020 | Features
With the coronavirus pandemic threatening to overwhelm health care in the United States, states are moving quickly to find policy solutions to address the growing crisis. One critical tool that state lawmakers are using are emergency orders that loosen occupational...
by Collin Roth | Dec 5, 2018 | Features, Special to RightWisconsin
Wisconsin’s central economic challenge is a labor shortage. Despite record employment and a labor force participation rate five points better than the national average, 76 percent of Wisconsin business leaders in a June survey report they are having trouble finding...
by Collin Roth | Dec 6, 2017 | Features
GOP leadership must act on economic freedom bills By CJ Szafir and Collin Roth Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker recently signed two bills into law that free workers from red tape in order to obtain a cosmetology and barber license. We applauded him and the legislators...
by Collin Roth | Sep 29, 2017 | Features, Special to RightWisconsin
By Collin Roth and CJ Szafir President Donald Trump’s decision yesterday to waive the Jones Act for 10 days in Puerto Rico is a welcome development for the storm ravaged American territory. The Jones Act is a 95 year old law that requires commercial vessels shipping...
by Collin Roth | Aug 29, 2017 | Features
After more than three months of hiatus, the legislature’s Joint Finance Committee met Monday to undertake the K-12 education piece of the biennial budget proposal. For education reform advocates, there was finally something to cheer about, although there is still work...
