Wisconsin's primary means of helping cities and towns pay for road work tends to delivers the most support to places with high property values and ongoing development at the expense of local governments that may have greater needs, according to a report released Wednesday.

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A project to revitalize a single block in Milwaukee’s Amani neighborhood is offering some lessons on steps local leaders and city officials can take to improve the city’s housing stock. The Wisconsin Policy Forum looked at what a housing project ...

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Revenue collected from wheel taxes in Wisconsin has tripled in the last four years as more local governments adopt the additional charge on drivers to offset stagnant state aid and restrictions on property-tax increases, according to a report released on Wednesday.

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Milwaukee County's shrinking collections of property taxes are forcing it to rely more on fees and other revenue — a mix that's inadequate to deal with the county's backlog of deferred construction projects at public parks and other properties.

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Milwaukee's nearly $400 million in federal COVID-19 aid will help provide about three years of relief before city government is again faced with a fiscal cliff brought on by lagging state support and pension liabilities.

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A new report suggests people are buying much more alcohol as the COVID-19 pandemic drags on.

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A recent revelation that Wisconsin is likely to collect $4.4 billion more in taxes than expected over the next two years presents a "golden opportunity" for the state to improve infrastructure, train workers and deal with other pressing matters, according to a report released on Friday by the nonpartisan Wisconsin Policy Forum.

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Wisconsin municipalities are due to receive about $20 billion in federal aid in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a sum that's more than twice the amount of federal aid cities and counties got following the 2008 Great Recession.

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The coronavirus has taken its toll on Wisconsin's transportation fund, the state's primary source for road and infrastructure projects, according to a new report released Friday.

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Wisconsin's sate and local tax burden dropped below the national average and taxes as a share of income in 2020 reached its lowest level in at least half a century, a report released Tuesday from the nonpartisan Wisconsin Policy Forum showed.

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