Browsing: Taxes

A reversal by the State Historic Preservation Review Board on the significance of the 35-year-old “postmodern” 100 East building in downtown Milwaukee could mean tens of millions of dollars in tax breaks if the building is fully renovated.

In the 2023-24 school year, MPS schools called police 1,245 times for help with allegations of everything from armed robbery to sexual assault to felony theft.

MPS may regret its ongoing resistance to the state’s resource officer requirement the next time it comes to the Legislature looking for tax money.

Between 2021 and 2022 Wisconsin gained a net total of 2,083 individual new residents from Minnesota.

‘It’s tough enough to run a small business in Minnesota,’ but rates and regulations grew harsher under Walz, starting with…

How does Wisconsin’s spending compare to other states? It depends which ones you’re looking at and what sort of spending counts.

How do other states without an income tax fund essential services? Under what circumstances would this be feasible in Wisconsin?

People are leaving Illinois, Minnesota and Iowa and, according to a new study by the Tax Foundation, the loss of state revenue and the population migration are closely tied to punitive tax structures in those states.

Housing market and financing shouldn’t be its concern Key members of the Milwaukee Historic Preservation Commission seem to think their…

Demand for legal cannabis products is elastic, so states must consider this fact when setting tax rates. If taxes are set too high, legalization will not deter users from exiting legacy illegal markets.

A small group of enthusiasts would like to put Milwaukee at the forefront of historical preservation of postmodern architecture. Or at least help a downtown developer get a tax break.

Wisconsinites are very lucky to in the state that they do. And the rest of disaster-ridden America is fortunate to have us living here as well.

Wisconsin has one of the lowest beer taxes in the country at just 6 cents in excise taxes per gallon of beer. The only state with a lower rate was Wyoming, at a mere 2 cents per gallon.

Free-market reforms are driving prosperity and fostering human flourishing in the Dairy State. This unmistakable trend is evident in state economic indicators from recent decades, a hopeful story that can instill pride in all Wisconsinites.

The population of Eau Claire County, now approximately 108,000, has grown almost 10% just since 2010. A little farther west, just across the St. Croix River from Minnesota, St. Croix County has grown 15%.

Slightly more than 60% of school district requests to levy higher property taxes were approved by voters on last Tuesday’s ballots throughout the state — a lower percentage than in recent years but around the historic norm.

A new bill in Madison could, if enacted, result in substantial property tax cuts in many school districts. It would also result in significantly higher state aid for many traditional public school districts where large numbers of children choose to attend independent charter schools or private schools in one of Wisconsin’s parental choice programs.

Have you considered moving to a different part of the state? One important thing to consider is the property tax you’ll pay in a different county. The amounts vary considerably.

Wisconsin’s Republican lawmakers recently introduced Assembly Bill 660, aiming to help employers provide support for working families in meeting the costs of childcare. While the bill’s intentions are commendable, the approach of directly subsidizing employers to create and subsidize childcare slots has proven ineffective in other contexts.

Apart from a few outliers, the data show a correlation between states that Wisconsin taxpayers are moving to and from — and the difference between those states’ top income tax rates and Wisconsin’s.