Economic Development
Is 5.9 million acres of government-owned land enough?
Northern counties’ budgets, economies are squeezed by how much Wisconsin land is undevelopable and off tax rolls. State government’s power to acquire land through the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program ceased three months…
Is 5.9 million acres of government-owned land enough?
Northern counties’ budgets, economies are squeezed by how much Wisconsin land is undevelopable and off tax rolls. State government’s power to acquire land through the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program ceased three months…
On Janesville’s November ballot: an ‘anti-development’ question
Activists want ability to bypass elected officials and directly quash large development projects on old GM site Business and city leaders in Janesville are warning of the long-term economic damage of citizens taking direct…
Transportation policy for the way Wisconsinites actually want to travel
Executive summary Transportation policy debates frequently drift toward promoting particular modes of travel while discouraging others. However, roads, rail lines and buses are not ends in themselves; their purpose is to help…
Milwaukee-Racine-Kenosha rail idea back on radar, despite costs, existing options
Cities tout costly plans for trains on route already served by commuter buses A costly proposed commuter rail system between Kenosha, Racine and Milwaukee is back on the radar of municipal leaders, even as frequent service on…
Data center boom means good times for old-line manufacturing, 50 or 500 hires at a time
Moving around data turns out to demand a lot of Wisconsin-made metal If data centers are supposed to wipe out everyone’s job, they’re making a pathetic go of it in Waukesha, where a manufacturer with a 120-year-old plant is…
Strong foundations, untapped potential: Wisconsin’s economy
Exploring the mismatch between strong labor, business inputs and our lagging productivity and income outputs Executive summary Wisconsin’s economy displays many of the conditions that typically precede stronger growth in…
How a development tool can increase property taxes
Development-spurring TIF has consequences in Wisconsin’s taxpayer-protecting levy limits, but there’s a way around tradeoff “There’s good TIFs and bad TIFs,” as one economic development figure, the head of the Metropolitan…
Tourism’s Role in Rural Economic Development
Editor’s Note: This is the latest part of a series on rural Texas and the challenges that rural Texans face. Over the next year, the Associated News Service will delve into the issues facing the Lone Star State’s 177 (out of…
Wisconsin should stop treating data centers worse than other taxpaying industries
Sales tax exemption isn’t a subsidy but a common shield against increasing consumers’ prices with hidden levies Wisconsin’s sales tax exemption for data center equipment is increasingly controversial, with many policymakers…
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