Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Wisconsin State Capitol and the Forward statue in Madison, Wisconsin. angga / Unsplash (The Center Square) – Inflation led to ...

The bottom line: Wisconsin’s surplus is real, but it isn’t new money. Wisconsin started fiscal year 2026 with $4.61 billion in the bank, took in $23.8 billion, and spent or transferred $25.1 billion.

A new report from Forward Analytics, a non-partisan Wisconsin research organization, shows Wisconsin’s financial cushion is ...

Most Wisconsin lawmakers are not responding to questions about using the state's nearly $3 billion budget surplus for taxpayer rebates. A previous bipartisan bill to provide tax relief and school ...

Democratic Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley and Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany traded barbs over issues ranging ...

(The Center Square) – Inflation led to roughly $2.7 billion more in Wisconsin sales tax collections over the past five years than was projected, the same amount that the state is now projected to have ...