Fiscal Facts

Voters across Wisconsin approved 46 of 75 school district referenda this spring, a 61.3% approval rate that aligns with a recent downward trend. 

Milwaukee County municipalities may stand to benefit by working collaboratively to conduct property assessments, either with an in-house or contract assessor.

Women in Wisconsin hold a record share of corporate leadership positions, a recent Wisconsin Policy Forum analysis found. At the same time, parity has yet to be achieved despite decades of gradual gains. 

State prisons and county jails in Wisconsin in the 2020s have significantly expanded access to medications for opioid use disorder for those whom they incarcerate.

Building projects in metro Milwaukee are approved more quickly in cities that allow development to move through a streamlined review process so long as it meets appropriate standards for its proposed location. 

State and local taxes paid in Wisconsin in fiscal year 2023 declined to just under 9.8% of all Wisconsin residents’ personal incomes, dipping just below the prior year’s low.

As the availability and affordability of child care has become an increasingly pressing issue, most potential options in Wisconsin to generate new child care revenue are available at the state — rather than the local – level.

State policymakers provided the largest funding increase on record in 2025 for a program that reimburses municipalities to provide services to state facilities such as colleges, universities, or prisons.

Wisconsin’s tax burden remained at an all-time low in 2025, as its residents’ combined incomes grew at the same rate as state and local tax collections.

Massive data centers being proposed and built in Wisconsin would significantly increase demand for water and electricity.