June 22, 2015 by Nick Novak Originally published by The MacIver Institute. From what we have seen, the proposed plan for a new Bucks arena in downtown Milwaukee is anything but a win for taxpayers. Estimates put the total cost to taxpayers at $400 million, and there is very little return for that money. Will[…]
June 17, 2015 by Nick Novak Originally published by the Wausau Daily Herald. A little over four years ago, Wisconsin lawmakers took bold action to protect current and future taxpayers from the high costs associated with restrictive collective bargaining laws. Since then, Act 10 has proved to be a success at every level of government.[…]
June 17, 2015 Today’s TMJ4 – Milwaukee’s NBC Affiliate [Milwaukee, Wisc…] A storm is brewing over the proposed Bucks arena. Today, some local groups announced their support for the deal that would use public money to finance half the cost of a new building. Together the four organizations — the Greater Milwaukee Association of Realtors, Associated[…]
June 17, 2015 The Big 89 WLS – 890AM Chicago [Chicago, Ill…] Madison, WI schools are going to ban all Blackhawks apparel and all apparel that has a Native American logo, like the Washington Redskins and Florida State Seminoles. They won’t allow any clothes to be worn that are seen as negative racial stereotypes. Nick[…]
June 16, 2015 by Nick Novak Originally published by The Washington Times. This is going to come out a little blunt, but I feel that bluntness is required here. Chicago Blackhawks fans (of which I am one), you are racist. At least you are if you have the audacity to wear apparel with the team’s[…]
June 15, 2015 Wisconsin Public Radio [Superior, Wisc…] Wisconsin school districts are struggling to balance their budgets, and tensions over changes at one northern Wisconsin district have reached a boiling point. The Spooner school board might seek an independent review of the district, superintendent and the board itself. The day before the end of the school[…]
June 10, 2015 by Nick Novak Originally published by The Washington Times. Without trade, one in five workers in the United States would not have a job. That is how important trade is to our economy, and that is why it must continue to be expanded through global partnerships and trade agreements. However, these agreements have had[…]
June 8, 2015 Today’s TMJ4 – Milwaukee’s NBC Affiliate [Milwaukee, Wisc…] Numerous groups have come together in a coalition to support the construction of a Milwaukee Bucks arena. On Monday, they pushed for the new venue at a news conference in Madison. The funding plan would include three government entities and the Wisconsin Center District combining to[…]
June 5, 2015 AM620 WTMJ Milwaukee [Milwaukee, Wisc…] Nick Novak, Director of Communications at The John K. MacIver Institute for Public Policy, joined Charlie Sykes and Collin Roth on the Right Wisconsin Week in Review on 620AM WTMJ to discuss the newly proposed Bucks arena funding plan and the possibility of repealing Wisconsin’s prevailing wage[…]
June 2, 2015 by Nick Novak Originally published by The Washington Times. “Without a doubt, it was a very big victory,” Maria Elena Durazo, a vice president at the hotel and restaurant union Unite Here, said last week of the Los Angeles City Council’s decision to raise the minimum wage to $15 by 2020. Was it a victory[…]