Event
10/15/25
2025 Salute to Local Government Award Winners
The 33rd Annual Salute celebrates the benefits that public sector ingenuity and excellence bring to taxpayers and communities throughout Wisconsin. Award categories recognize local governments and school districts for innovative problem-solving, advancing racial equity, and public-private cooperation, as well as individuals in the public sector for excellence, leaders of the future, and lifetime achievement. ...
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10/1/25
3rd Quarter 2025 President’s Message
When big changes land in Washington and Madison, the ground can shake across the rest of Wisconsin. In those moments, the Forum helps the residents of our state to understand where they stand. We’ve played that role for more than a century for businesses, local governments, school districts, and ordinary...
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10/1/25
News & Updates | 3rd Quarter 2025
News & Updates | 3rd Quarter 2025 President’s Message When big changes land in Washington and Madison, the ground can shake across the rest of Wisconsin. In those moments, the Forum helps the residents of our state to understand where they stand. We’ve played that role for more than...
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New legislation could ease Wisconsin school bus driver shortage
Wisconsin Public Radio
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7/18/25
Forum Friday: Global Trade in Wisconsin
Trends and Tariffs: Global Trade in Wisconsin Virtual event | July 18, 2025 | 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. On July 18 our virtual event series, Forum Friday, focused on recent developments around tariffs and global trade and how they have affected Wisconsin’s economy. We reviewed our research on these topics and...
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6/30/25
News & Updates | 2nd Quarter 2025
News & Updates | 2nd Quarter 2025 President’s Message For more than a century, the Wisconsin Policy Forum has stood for addressing the problems of our state through informed and civil debate. Nothing could run more counter to those principles than acts of political violence, and that is why...
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6/30/25
2nd Quarter 2025 President’s Message
For more than a century, the Wisconsin Policy Forum has stood for addressing the problems of our state through informed and civil debate. Nothing could run more counter to those principles than acts of political violence, and that is why we have watched the events of the past year with...
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4/4/25
Forum Friday: State Budget and Federal Funding in the Spotlight
State Budget and Federal Funding in the Spotlight Virtual event | April 4, 2025 | 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. On April 4 our virtual event series, Forum Friday, examined the state’s 2025-27 budget and featured two former state budget directors with exceptional knowledge about public finance. We reviewed our latest...
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4/1/25
News & Updates | 1st Quarter 2025
News & Updates | 1st Quarter 2025 President’s Message In recent years, local governments have struggled to sustain their fire and emergency medical services (EMS) at current levels. Costs have risen, driven upward by an aging population, rising EMS calls, high inflation and low unemployment, and the steady attrition...
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