Metro Milwaukee maintains a competitive strength in the educational attainment of its workforce and its concentration of knowledge workers, especially scientists and engineers, which outpaces the nation and many peer metro areas.
Median teacher pay in Wisconsin has fallen on an inflation-adjusted basis over the last decade, with retirements and limited pay increases both playing key roles.
Milwaukee is home to a strong network of service providers assisting its small businesses, but it lacks the kind of coordinated supports and philanthropic engagement that benefit entrepreneurs in other large Midwestern cities.
Since 1998, Wisconsin water utilities have replaced or taken out of service more than 73,000 lead service lines that connect to homes and businesses, reducing a potential public health risk in communities around the state.
As the average American household has become smaller over the last five decades, Wisconsin saw an even sharper decline. And the average household is set to continue getting smaller in the near future.
Wisconsin continues to spend more than neighboring states and the national average on corrections, and its prison population has far greater racial disparities.
Amid the pandemic, health officials worried that debate and misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines could influence public attitudes toward other vaccinations.
Total enrollment at Wisconsin’s public and charter schools sharply declined amid the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and has continued to fall since.
The city of Milwaukee’s 2024 budget proposal features a paradigm shift: after years of warnings about its finances nearing the brink, a revenue infusion from a new sales tax and state aid increase enables the city to generally maintain existing service levels and even invest in key areas.
Wisconsin seemingly swims in an abundance of fresh water. Unlike some western states that struggle with empty reservoirs and limits on growth imposed by water shortages, our municipal water supplies facing little threat, even during summer droughts.
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