Manufacturing and agriculture play an outsized role in Wisconsin’s economy, making exports essential. Yet since the mid-2010s, the value of those exports has fallen both statewide and in the Milwaukee area.
A majority of school district referenda across this year’s February and April elections were approved by Wisconsin voters.
As emergency medical services (EMS) providers in Lafayette County face challenges maintaining appropriate staffing levels and response times, greater inter-agency collaboration could help stabilize provision of these services.
With too few Milwaukee students receiving an adequate education across all school types, leaders in the city can look to high-performing schools in Milwaukee and around the country for a roadmap for improvement.
The latest Wisconsin Policy Forum research finds that Wisconsin recently has seen its highest levels of net migration in at least two decades, due largely to a nationwide increase in migrants entering the U.S. from abroad.
As Wisconsin’s next state budget debate begins, state finances appear stronger than at most points in the 21st century, buoyed by low unemployment and a balance in its main fund of more than $4 billion.
State and local governments in Wisconsin have begun to spend funds they have received from the state’s opioid settlements, which have totaled $208 million so far and will total roughly $780 million by 2038.
Amid a recent sea change in the legality of sports betting, Wisconsin has chosen a middle path between states where it remains illegal, and those that permit online gaming.
State and local taxes fell once again as a share of Wisconsinites’ incomes in 2024, pushing this ratio — known as the state and local tax burden — to its lowest level since at least 1970.
As consumers turn more heavily to online purchases, cardboard recycling has more than doubled in Wisconsin since 2013, while other paper recycling has dropped by 36%.
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