The MacIver Report: Wisconsin This Week

The Free Market Voice for Wisconsin and the home of the most important public policy debates in the nation. See: @newsmaciver @maciverreport #wiright

The MacIver Report: Wisconsin This Week is a news podcast hosted by The MacIver Institute, with 49 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

The MacIver Institute hosts The MacIver Report: Wisconsin This Week, a news show with 49 episodes published.

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  The MacIver Report: Wisconsin This Week

  MacIver News Minute: Flag Day

  Jun 9, 20261 minS0

  <p>his week, as we approach Flag Day on June 14th, we’re reminded of the timeless symbol that unites our nation—especially as Wisconsin and America prepare to mark the 250th anniversary of our independence in 2026.<br>On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress adopted the Stars and Stripes: thirteen stripes of red and white, with thirteen white stars on a field of blue, representing a new constellation of free and independent states. That flag embodied the bold idea that liberty, self-government, and individual rights could triumph over tyranny.<br>Here in Wisconsin, Flag Day has deep roots. In 1885, a young teac...

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  MacIver News Minute: Lame Duck Deal

  Jun 2, 20261 minS0

  <p>Two weeks ago, we warned about the so-called "deal" the lame duck leaders of the legislature and lame duck Gov. Evers were trying to fast track into law.</p><p>It would have spent down a PROJECTED surplus -- not money the state actually has on hand -- by sending one-time checks to taxpayers and adding millions of long-term recurring spending.</p><p>By now, you're probably aware that deal went down in flames. Still, some of the deal's supporters want to bring it back for another vote.</p><p>Some people are pointing to a recent poll that...

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  MacIver News Minute: What is Memorial Day?

  May 26, 20261 minS0

  <p>What is Memorial Day?<br>Between the extra-long weekend, the cookouts, warmer weather, parades, and the Indy 500, it's easy to lose sight of why we take pause this time of year.<br>But as fun as that all is, it comes with a cost. The lives of our nation’s heroes who gave it their all for our freedom. We owe our gratitude to those brave men and women who stepped up and swore their allegiance to America and gave their lives in service to our great nation.<br>We wouldn't have made it 250 years without people from every wa...

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  MacIver News Minute: Election Reforms & Diligence

  May 19, 20261 minS0

  <p>Breaking news occurred just minutes before Cong. Bryan Steil joined MacIver last weekend to discuss election reforms he has diligently been working on:</p><p><br></p><p>Act Blue’s CEO will testify in a public hearing before his Committee on June 10, over whether she misled Congress regarding foreign donations on its payment processing portal.</p><p> </p><p>Grassroots activists have long advocated for legislators to pay attention to elections.</p><p><br></p><p>Brian Steil has been paying attention.  He has been diligent.  Through his leadership on the Committee on House Administration, he has gone to work on c...

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  MacIver News Minute: Rule by Lame Duck

  May 12, 20261 minS0

  <p>By now, most of you have heard about the negotiated so-called "deal" announced Monday. <br>A lame duck speaker of the assembly and the lame duck senate majority leader teamed up with the lame duck governor to negotiate away $2.5 billion dollars of taxpayer money. <br>About $900 million of that will supposedly go to education spending. It’s a ruse!<br>Guess where a big chunk of that money will actually end up? In the pockets of the teachers' unions, who will turn around and spend like crazy to defeat Act 10 and soak the taxpayers even more. <br>The special intere...

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