Wisconsin’s ranks in school spending, tax burden fall together
Jul. 6, 2022
Wisconsin’s national rank on per-pupil school spending continues to fall, newly released data show.
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Wisconsin’s national rank on per-pupil school spending continues to fall, newly released data show.
Growing up on our Jackson County farm in the 1970s, a bald eagle sighting was something to behold. There were not many eagles left.
Most of the time, public officials in Wisconsin obey the state’s openness laws. Sometimes, they need a little prodding from the courts. But the recent conduct of Robin Vos and Michael Gableman is something altogether new, and deeply disturbing, writes Bill Lueders in the latest "Your Right to Know" column from the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council. The column is available for republication by members of the Wisconsin Newspaper Association.
For many people, summer in Wisconsin goes hand in hand with being out on the water, and alcohol is often involved.
The Jan. 6 congressional hearings revealed a connection between Sen. Ron Johnson’s office and the failed effort to advance a slate of fake electors to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 election win.
In 2021, Wisconsin’s combined state and local governments counted just less than 277,800 full-time equivalent employees, the fewest relative to the state’s population in at least two decades.
An economist with UW-Madison argues the state should focus more on developing “homegrown” businesses rather than recruiting companies to move to Wisconsin.
Wisconsin towns have leaned more heavily on property tax revenues to fund local services in the past three decades as state aid increases have slowed and town borrowing has risen to record levels.
Perhaps it was an accidental mistake, or perhaps it was an intentional deception. Either way, undisclosed defects are discovered in residential real estate sales more often than you would expect.
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