Licensing backlogs holding back critical sectors of Wisconsin workforce.
The News: A new policy brief from the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) suggests potential reforms to improve the state’s licensing backlog at the Department of Safety and Professional Services (DSPS). The ...
Primer analyzes proposed policies and makes recommendations for Wisconsin
The Badger Institute and the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) released a joint publication, “Occupational Licensing in Wisconsin: A Roadmap for Reform,” that calls on the Wisconsin Legislature ...
On Tuesday, WILL Policy Director Kyle Koenen submitted testimony to the Senate Committee on Labor and Regulatory Reform in-favor of Senate Bill 354, and on Wednesday submitted testimony to the Assembly Committee on Workforce Development on Assembly Bill 336, the Assembly companion of the bill. ...
Free-market groups partner to make the case for reform
The News: The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) partnered with the Badger Institute to publish A Primer on Occupational Licensing. The organizations teamed up to make the case for reform in Wisconsin by highlighting the ...
January 10, 2018 - Milwaukee, WI - The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty issued a new study examining the effect of licensing regulations on worker safety in two widely-licensed professions. The analysis, using publicly available data from United States Bureau of Labor Statistics ...
Collin Roth, WILL Research Fellow, writing at The Hill on how occupational licensing regulations lock people out of economic opportunity.
You might be surprised to know that in some states it’s easier to become an EMT (emergency medical technician) than a cosmetologist. Wisconsin, for ...