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Beer production in Wisconsin, a state that prides itself on its brewing heritagen is down more than 15 percent in just the last four years, a victim of a confluence of local and national drinking trends.

Overwhelmingly popular new mandate spurs action from nonprofits Editor’s note: Fourteen years ago, the Badger Institute (then known as WPRI)…

In both Washington and Madison, basic economic principles are routinely ignored, as if policymakers believe they can repeal the laws of supply and demand with campaign slogans.

By the numbers The largest farms in Wisconsin have increased the share of the state’s agricultural land that they use…

The Vantage Data Center in Port Washington is on its way to becoming the largest single energy user in state history — an indication of the immense power needs of the five data centers in the works in Wisconsin.

As a Wisconsin stewardship program is up for renewal, northern counties’ budgets, economies are squeezed by how much land already is taken out of equation

Wisconsin’s tourism resurgence has been built, at least in part, by more than $160 million in federal bailout money and a record doubling of the tourism department’s budget.

Attendance at home games for the Milwaukee Brewers, who have the best record in baseball, is averaging 29,882 thus far this season, according to Baseball Reference.

And the real reason Wisconsin won’t join the modern world and let cars operate without drivers With automated, driverless robotaxis…

As self-driving taxis roll out across much of America, Wisconsinites won’t be seeing them without some changes to existing law.

Motorcyclists and ATV riders collectively generate $1.1 billion in economic activity annually for Wisconsin, the most recent figures from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis show.

The Wisconsin tourism sector had another record-breaking year in 2024 with 114.4 million visits and $25.8 billion in total economic impact.

The number of people getting accounting degrees at University of Wisconsin System schools plummeted from 868 in the 2019-20 school year to 625 in the 2023-24 school year.

The average Wisconsin dairy cow in 2024 produced nearly five times more milk than the average cow did 100 years ago

Predictions of rising Wisconsin power demand are driven by plans for data centers, the electricity-gulping organs of the online economy.

Gas prices for Midwestern motorists have once again fallen below the $3 per gallon threshold on a three-month rolling average basis, recent figures from the Energy Information Administration show.

Food prices in the Midwest have grown 30 percent over the past decade, driven mostly by the explosive price inflation that occurred in 2021 and 2022, official statistics show. Food price inflation has been slower since then, and the inflation rate is below 2% in most recent months.

Wisconsin hens lay 313 eggs per year Wisconsin hens produced a total of 2.43 billion eggs in 2024, 15 million…

Wisconsin residents report the increasing strain of trying to afford a home. These experiences are borne out by market data showing more Wisconsin residents priced out of homeownership.

Wisconsin’s governor talks of new 9.8% top tax rate — one that would wallop businesses that don’t flee.