Fiscal Facts

Short-term health deteriorated during 2002-09 and Wisconsin’s fiscal health was weak through 2010 as expenditures exceeded revenues in five of nine years.

Gains in Wisconsin’s short-term fiscal measures since the recession are a positive sign for state finances, but it still ranks in the bottom half of states.

In 2017, three measures of Wisconsin’s short-term fiscal health were at their highest levels since at least 2002.

Since 1995, Democrats have controlled the state Assembly once, during the 2009-10 session. Over the same span, state Senate control has shifted 8 times.

A look at Wisconsin legislators in 2017, including their average ages, educational and occupational backgrounds and their annual salaries.

Weekly Fiscal Facts are provided by the Wisconsin Policy Forum, the state’s leading resource for nonpartisan state and local government research and civic education. The Wisconsin Public

Wisconsin’s Declaration of Rights provides for freedom of speech and the rights to assemble and petition, the same as in the U.S. Constitution.

In referendum questions on spring ballots, 30 school districts are asking voters to approve borrowing a total of $596.3 million.

The April 3rd ballot features a number of important races for Wisconsin voters. Here’s a look at some of the biggest races this spring.

The lack of contested races for local government offices may be one reason why turnout for spring elections in Wisconsin is typically much lower than in the fall.