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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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4/1/25
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 of volunteer and part-time firefighters. Meanwhile, the state has kept tight limits on local property taxes and not all local governments received major funding from last year’s increase in state aid. ...
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News & Updates | 4th Quarter 2024
President’s Message Among the more than 50 research briefs and reports we publish each year, the Wisconsin Policy Forum always includes at least one analyzing the overall tax levels in our state. For more than a half century, the Forum and one of our two predecessor organizations, the Wisconsin Taxpayers...
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1/6/25
4th Quarter 2024 President’s Message
Among the more than 50 research briefs and reports we publish each year, the Wisconsin Policy Forum always includes at least one analyzing the overall tax levels in our state. For more than a half century, the Forum and one of our two predecessor organizations, the Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance, have worked to compile and publish data on every single state and local tax here. ...
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12/13/24
Forum Friday: Understanding Transportation Funding in Wisconsin
Road Map: Understanding Transportation Funding in Wisconsin Virtual event | December 13, 2024 | 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. On December 13, our popular virtual event series Forum Friday focused on how Wisconsin will fund its transportation system in the years to come amid new challenges including inflation and the adoption...
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10/9/24
2024 Salute to Local Government Award Winners
The 32nd Annual Salute celebrated the benefits that public sector ingenuity and excellence bring to taxpayers and communities throughout Wisconsin. Award categories recognized 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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