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- Plans, zoning and annexation form front lines for Wisconsin cities looking to build more housing
- We increasingly live in a world of unsolved crime
- State should cut funding to public media
- Kewaunee power possibility adds to Wisconsin nuclear trend
- Taxpayers spared nearly $8.5 million in Wisconsin alone due to Trump administration order cutting aid to public broadcasting
- Local government regulations push price of a Wisconsin roof skyward
- Subject by subject, Wisconsin districts face higher rates of teacher turnover
- Milwaukee rents in national spotlight; rent caps not the solution
Browsing: Taxes
A guide to fair, simple, pro-growth reform
As with manufacturing property, valuations should be done by the state, with owners being able to appeal to a panel of tax experts rather than a local review board
James Madison would be dismayed by his namesake capital’s role in relinquishing local control to get federal grants
New Badger Institute book finds federal grants deprive us of our money, liberty and trust.
A policy brief from the Tax Foundation and the Badger Institute.
A policy brief from the Tax Foundation and the Badger Institute.
Many taxpayers will no longer benefit from state and local tax deduction
An empowered treasurer could be an independent voice for fiscal sanity
Broad-based Wisconsin tax reform should be the goal
Legislature should fix the complex process that benefits developers and politicians at the expense of taxpayers
Funding mechanism has become a gravy train for developers and distorts the free market, critics say
Numbers and nuggets from trends in Wisconsin — on everything from the state’s tax rankings to our workforce shortage to the growth in occupational licensing to corrections to the transportation funding dilemma to the decline of the mainstream media.
The Sheboygan Fire Department recently marked its 10th year of providing emergency medical services (EMS) to the city’s residents. But not all of the parties associated with the decision are celebrating the milestone.
Gov. Walker says he’ll decide on Opportunity Zone designations by March 21 federal deadline Editor’s note: On March 21, Gov. Scott…
Says ‘there has never been more opportune moment’ for Wisconsin tax reform.
Residents in high-tax states like ours are stung harder by cap on state/local tax deduction
Funding regulations hamper districts and don’t improve education, local officials say in survey
Paperwork takes staff away from daily responsibilities and educating kids, officials say.
By Julie Grace
November 13, 2017
Hordes of Wisconsin government workers are employed to ‘check boxes’ for the feds
Many taxpayers in the Badger State could take a hit under changes proposed in House Republican tax bill.
By Jay Miller
November 8, 2017