According to a report released today by the Wisconsin Policy Forum, Wisconsin residents are seeing a higher tax burden, but lower overall burden. What do these numbers mean? WORT Producer […]
Facing Few Revenue Options, Local Governments Are Increasingly Using W...
If you live in the city of Madison and own a non-electric vehicle, you paid $85 to the state, $40 to the city, and $28 to Dane County in wheel […]
Wisconsin’s volunteer emergency services face staffing shortages...
A new report from the non-partisan Wisconsin Policy Forum finds that Wisconsin’s volunteer fire and emergency medical departments are struggling to attract and retain new volunteers. For more on the […]
Wisconsin’s alcohol tax revenues spiked during pandemic
A new report finds that alcohol tax revenue surged in the past year — suggesting that consumption of alcohol spiked along with it. The report, released today by the non-partisan […]
Report: Prior to last summer’s protests, many Wisconsin communit...
A new report from the non-partisan Wisconsin Policy Forum finds that, in the years prior to last summer’s protests against police violence, more than 250 Wisconsin municipalities cut funding to […]
Wisconsin JFC Proposes Big Tax Cuts, Little Spending
On June 17, Wisconsin’s Republican-controlled Joint Finance Committee voted along party lines to recommend a 2021-2023 biennial budget that includes 3.4 billion dollars in tax cuts and very little of […]
