2020 Wisconsin state Rep. Dan Knodl (district 24), has committed support for term limits on Congress by signing the Term Limits Convention pledge. Knodl is the first signer in this district to sign the pledge.p
On February 28th, Senator Duey Stroebel introduced SJR 106 calling for Wisconsin to participate in a national initiative for the states to propose a congressional term limits amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The effort is being spearheaded by the nonpartisan, nonprofit U.S. Term Limits.
The so-called “Green New Deal” championed by socialist U.S. Congressman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) would cost the typical Wisconsin household more than $396,000 over the next eight years.
The number of Wisconsin residents taking part in the federal nutrition program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) declined 16.9 percent from fiscal years 2015 to 2019, the U.S. Food and Nutrition Service reported.
The top 1 percent of earners in Wisconsin are taxed at an effective rate of 7.7 percent, compared to the state’s 10.1 percent tax rate on the middle 20 percent of income earners, according to a new 24/7 Wall St. analysis.
Among the 75 most populous cities in the U.S., Milwaukee ranks 62nd for the state of its finances, having $12,800 in liabilities per taxpayer, according to a Truth in Accounting (TIA) analysis of municipal data released last month.
The inflow of smuggled cigarettes in Wisconsin is 21.2 percent, according to a new study from the Tax Foundation that examines the relationship between cigarette taxes and smuggling.
Wisconsin finished 20th in a study by the website Rich States, Poor States that examined the 50 states’ economic outlooks based on 15 weighted policy measures.
Wisconsin finished 30th in a study by the Tax Foundation examining how well states have structured their corporate income tax systems in 2020.
Wisconsin was included in a new analysis from the Tax Foundation identifying 36 states that have major changes to their tax codes taking effect this year.
Job growth in Wisconsin is expected to reach 0.4 percent by the end of 2020, equal to the state's 2019 job growth, according to a new study by Kiplinger that assessed state economic outlooks.
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U.S. Term Limits (USTL), the leader in the non-partisan national movement to limit terms for elected officials, praises 2020 U.S. house candidate for Wisconsin (district 7), Tom Tiffany, for signing the pledge for an amendment to term limit Congress.
Wisconsin would lack adequate revenues to manage a moderate economic downturn without raising taxes or cutting services, according to a new analysis from Moody’s Analytics.
Wisconsin finished 26th in a new study by the Tax Foundation showing which states are best at structuring their tax systems
Paul Chryst, head football coach at University of Wisconsin-Madison, earned $3.8 million in 2018, making Chryst the highest-paid public employee in Wisconsin last year, according to a ranking by the website GOBankingRates.
Legislative appropriations for Wisconsin arts agencies are projected to reach $790,000 for fiscal year 2020, which equates to 14 cents per capita in the state, according to a report from the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA).
Hotel room bills in Wisconsin tack on a total state lodging tax of 5 percent, the 36th highest lodging tax rate in the nation, according to a study by the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL).
One county in the state -- Florence County -- is now under a Second Amendment sanctuary law or ordinance, according to updates from the website Gunrightswatch.com and media reports.
Borrowers in Wisconsin who sought forgiveness of their student loans in the second quarter of 2019 numbered 3,233, according to a new state-by-state analysis by the U.S. Department of Education.
Federal agency research dollars going to Wisconsin totaled $603.5 million in fiscal year 2018, according to a new analysis by the Research!America alliance.
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