Sharing or consolidating certain municipal functions may help local governments improve public services and possibly save costs, as aging populations, advances in technology, and economic growth increase demands for these services at a time of stagnant state revenues.
From 2013 to 2018, the motor vehicle crash fatality rate for black, non-Hispanic Wisconsinites nearly doubled on an age-adjusted basis, according to data from the federal Centers for Disease Control.
Recent trends in Wisconsin local government library funding suggest they remain a priority even as the way in which libraries serve communities changes.
Wisconsinites are visiting public libraries about as often as they did two decades ago, but the digital revolution has changed how they use libraries.
ACT scores released last fall show the share of Wisconsin high school juniors meeting college readiness benchmarks in 2018-19 was largely down or flat from the previous year.
Total enrollment in Wisconsin public schools declined for the fifth straight year in the 2018-19 school year, while the student population is more diverse.
For the eighth straight year in 2019, Wisconsinites paid a smaller share of their income in state and local taxes, dropping this measure of tax burden to its lowest in a half century.
Last year, Wisconsin’s “hidden deficit” in the general fund fell by more than $2 billion since 2011, the largest percentage decrease in decades.
On tax bills sent out this month, Wisconsin’s school districts together are raising property tax levies by 4.5% the largest increase in a decade.
In seven of Wisconsin’s 10 largest cities, there were fewer police officers per capita in 2018 than a decade earlier, even as their police spending levels and violent crime rates both increased.
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