Occupational Licensing

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 [...]

An editorial from the Racine Journal Times this weekend writes about our fight with State Representative Jonathan Brostoff over his refusal to provide electronic copies of records we had [...]

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 [...]

But the legislature still must act on other bills November 27, 2017 – Milwaukee, WI – The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty applauds the passage and enactment of SB 108 and SB [...]

WILL’s 50 state study on occupational licensing receives national coverage   November 10, 2017 – Milwaukee, WI – WILL’s recent report, Land of the Free? 50 state study on [...]

Study shows that more requirements lead to less jobs; employment could increase by 4.5% in certain professions if licensing reform enacted October 18, 2017 – Milwaukee, WI – The [...]

Previous WILL research found that Wisconsin’s burdensome licensing laws resulted in less employment in low and middle income jobs   September 29, 2017 – Milwaukee, WI – The Wisconsin [...]