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IRG Releases State of Wisconsin Public Debt Overview
2023-25 State Budget reduces borrowing and results in significant cash reserves Delafield, WI – Today the Institute for Reforming Government (IRG) released Wisconsin's Finances: Debt and Borrowing. In the 2023-2025 budget, the Legislature chose to pay down existing...
IRG’s CIO Exposes UW-Madison’s Unconstitutional Faculty Hiring Program
IRG’s CIO Exposes UW-Madison's Unconstitutional Faculty Hiring Program Report Highlighted in Wall Street Journal Exposes TOP Program and demands answers and full transparency from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. WHAT IS IT: IRG’s Center of Investigative...
First Analysis: Historic Middle-Class Tax Relief Vetoed
WHAT HAPPENED:Governor Evers signed the 2023-2025 state budget, but not before issuing 51 partial vetoes, including vetoes that remove 95% of the income tax relief that was included in the legislature’s budget. Because of his veto, taxpayers will only see a $175...
IRG’s K-12 COVID Relief Audit Update: Hundreds of Millions Unallocated with One Year Remaining
WHAT HAPPENED Since its January release, the Institute for Reforming Government’s (IRG) K-12 COVID Relief ESSER III Audit has driven statewide momentum for financial transparency and made swifter action for students front-page news. IRG was the first Wisconsin entity...
United Nations Foundation Funneling Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars to Evers Administration to Fund Radical Climate Agenda
Private grant money supports staff in the Office of Sustainability & Clean Energy Delafield, WI – Today, IRG’s Center for Investigative Oversight released a new report, “Shadow Agency: How the United Nations Foundation and Evers Administration Are Colluding to...
Lost Revenue. New Analysis Details Lost Revenue From Wisconsinites Moving to No-Income or Low-Income Tax States
WHAT IT IS: A new report by IRG, Lost Revenue, details how over 92,000 income tax filers left Wisconsin in 2021, with almost 60% of them moving to states with either a flat income tax or no income tax at all. Using recently released data from the IRS to compile this...