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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Roth speaks about the growth and economic costs of licensing in Wisconsin   August 24, 2017 – Milwaukee, WI – Today, Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty’s Research Fellow, Collin [...]

May 17, 2017 — Milwaukee, WI – The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty applauds the introduction of a new occupational licensing reform bill in the Wisconsin legislature. The bill is a [...]