by Mike Nichols | May 5, 2021 | Features
A refusal by MPS and the teachers union to resume in-person classes is a boon to other schools By Mike Nichols for the Badger Institute MPS just got a whole lot closer to the tipping point. The number of children in classrooms directly controlled by the Milwaukee...
by Mike Nichols | Oct 24, 2018 | Features
It’s clear that Gannett newspapers, at least the one in Milwaukee, have a progressive mindset (Note: This first appeared in the Fall 2018 issue of Diggings, the magazine of the Badger Institute.) By Mike Nichols In 1997, back in another life, I was a reporter...
by Mike Nichols | Jan 11, 2018 | Features
Priorities should include tax reform, corrections, professional licensure and tolling By MIKE NICHOLS and MICHAEL JAHR of the Badger Institute This is Wisconsin, so most of us probably already have disregarded our ardent New Year’s resolutions to lay off the brandy...
by Mike Nichols | Oct 26, 2017 | Features
This article appears courtesy of the Badger Institute. It appeared originally in the first issue of Diggings. Erecting cultural barriers ices out the melting pot By MIKE NICHOLS | Oct. 18, 2017 Vexillologists say Madison has quite an excellent flag, and — although I...
by Mike Nichols | Jul 6, 2017 | Features
Courtesy of the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute: It’s budget time in Madison. Get out your wallet. Pull out your reading glasses, too, because your vision is likely already blurry from all the stories decrying the potential loss of a pet program or position that...
