Municipalities, schools fleeing threatened state-run insurance fund

Municipalities and schools have been fleeing a state-run insurance fund Gov. Scott Walker wants to kill, spooked by his 2015 attempt to wipe out the program and a more than 70-percent rate hike to shore up the sagging fund, according to a WisPolitics.com review. Local governments persuaded lawmakers two years ago to save the Local Government Property Insurance Fund, fearing the guv’s proposal to s...