In recent decades, the distribution of spending between state and local government in Wisconsin has undergone a slow but profound shift, with the gap between the local and state shares nearly erased.
A new poll question about whether masks should be required in public places is available to be used by WNA members. We are revisiting the question in light of Wisconsin Republicans’ efforts to end Gov. Tony Evers’ statewide mask mandate.
Results from our previous poll question about readers’ expectations of the next four years are also available. Of 669 respondents, 64% said their expectations were generally positive.
Out of 669 respondents, 64% said their expectations for the next four years were generally positive, while 28% had a generally negative outlook.
Wisconsin lawmakers in 2020 claimed per diems totaling $555,149, about 70 percent of what they took home in the previous election year, as the COVID-19 pandemic cut into activity at the Capitol, a WisPolitics.com review found.
State officials knew little about the secretive industry until the pandemic struck; now they are scrambling to keep mink farmers and their animals safe
As a pandemic and economic turmoil underscore the value of critical local government services, Wisconsin ranks 15th among the states in local government spending, but 3.6% below the per capita national average.
I keep hearing the dreaded polar vortex that brought -40 degrees and even worse to our neck of the woods two years ago may be back. Soon. Assuredly. It’s coming. Sometime. Maybe
Legislative Democrats, with the help of the Democratic Party’s robust fundraising, outspent their GOP counterparts in Wisconsin by more than $6.1 million ahead of the November election.
Close elections may become more common in Wisconsin, fueling participation but also more political divisiveness
For the first time on record, Wisconsin’s main fund closed the year with a small positive balance, wiping out the longstanding financial gap that was often referred to as its “hidden deficit.”