Municipalities throughout Wisconsin saw significant increases in debt in 2019, though property values — which help determine municipal borrowing levels — grew at an even greater rate.
Wisconsin counties are largely prioritizing business recovery, public health, housing and broadband expansion with their more than $1.1 billion in total ARPA funds, according to WisPolitics.com interviews with local government officials.
Setting aside government money at birth for all children — sometimes referred to as “baby bonds” — has been tried both inside and outside of the United States, and even in Wisconsin. Not everyone is a fan.
After a decade of modest increases, property taxes in Wisconsin have risen more rapidly over the past two years. Factors contributing to the growth include voter-approved school referenda, increases in state revenue limits on schools, and greater levies by municipalities and counties to make debt payments.
The post-budget summer at the Capitol has featured Republican moves to knock Democratic Gov. Tony Evers on unemployment issues.
Outagamie County Circuit Judge Vincent Biskupic has held dozens of review hearings stretching over years to push defendants to pay overdue court costs
If my long-running battle against woodchucks were a Hollywood sequel, I think we’d be at “Groundhog Strikes Again Chapter XXIV.”
Richard W. Garrett, an independent author and researcher on educational reform, argues the performance of the United States’ K-12 public school system is so poor that nothing less than a major overhaul will fix its problems.
Last month, a judge ruled that the state Legislature violated the open records law when it withheld records regarding the sexual harassment of a female staffer. However, an order to release the unredacted records has been put on hold as the governmental body appeals the decision — despite the fact that the former legislator who the allegations were lodged against says, if it were up to him, they would have been released long ago.
In a state where most higher education institutions are struggling to address financial and enrollment challenges, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee faces some of the greatest difficulties of all.
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