Fiscal Facts

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Assessing the Quality of Wisconsin’s Local Roads

The overall quality of Wisconsin’s paved local roads has deteriorated modestly since 2010, with Milwaukee having especially poor local road conditions relative to most of the state’s large cities.

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Homeless Population Edges Back Up

In the years prior to the pandemic, Wisconsin’s reported homeless population shrank, following changes in programs to serve that population.

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The ABCs of the 2024 MPS Referendum: What Milwaukee Voters Need to Know

In seeking approval to exceed state revenue limits in an April 2 referendum, Milwaukee Public Schools and its supporters can cite the district’s many challenges, such as a past lack of growth in revenue limits, workforce hurdles, and rates of students in poverty and with special learning needs.

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Municipal revenues rise sharply but not uniformly

With last year’s enactment of historic state legislation, most Wisconsin municipalities are receiving their first substantial increase in a generation in their main source of state aid, shared revenue.

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Who’s driving the bus?

Wisconsin has seen a 17.7% drop in licensed school bus drivers over the past 15 years, creating challenges for school districts and the families they serve.

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Higher education and Wisconsin’s future job market

Amid a national debate about the value of higher education, a college degree would be required for a nearly two-thirds of higher-paying job openings that state officials project to exist in Wisconsin through 2030.

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