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12/2/19

Occupational changes in Wisconsin and its largest metro areas

Over the last decade, total employment in Wisconsin has dropped, recovered, and expanded to new heights. The charts below show which major occupational groups added and lost the most jobs between May 2008 and May 2018 in Wisconsin and its three largest metropolitan areas (Milwaukee, Madison, and Green Bay). Choose...Read More

Interactive Data

11/14/19

Taxing and Spending in 2017

Read Focus #19 – Wisconsin’s Tax Ranking Dips to 19th for more on Wisconsin’s taxing and spending trends.Read More

Event Recap

10/28/19

Forum hosts Policy in a Pub with Madison Mayor

We hosted our first-ever Policy in a Pub in Madison on Monday, October 28 where we highlighted our review of the City of Madison’s 2020 budget. The event featured Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway who discussed her proposed budget and provided an update on budget deliberations by city leaders. Thanks to...Read More

Newsletter

10/1/19

News & Updates | 3rd Quarter 2019

President’s message The recently announced plan by Milwaukee County municipal, county, and business leaders to push for a voter referendum on a one-cent county sales tax is significant on many fronts. The most obvious is the impact a new 1% sales tax – coupled with property tax relief – would have...Read More

Newsletter

10/1/19

3rd Quarter 2019 President’s Message

The recently announced plan by Milwaukee County municipal, county, and business leaders to push for a voter referendum on a one-cent county sales tax is significant on many fronts. The most obvious is the impact a new 1% sales tax – coupled with property tax relief – would have on...Read More