Record $93 million spent by outside groups in 2022

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Pandemic, supply chain issues inflame workforce housing crisis

An expert with UW-Madison says the pandemic and supply chain disruptions have inflamed an existing workforce housing crisis in the state.  Kurt Paulsen, a professor of urban and regional planning with the university, says the cost of building new housing has risen by 35 percent in the past two years. 

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Record $93 million spent by outside groups in 2022

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Report: Special interest groups top record for spending in Wisconsin races

Special interest groups obliterated Wisconsin’s record for outside spending in Legislative and non-congressional statewide races this midterm cycle, a Wisconsin Democracy Campaign review found. The $93.01 million spent on the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state and treasurer races in 2022 eclipsed the $61.9 million spent in 2018.

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TUE AM Update: Report shows state in best financial shape in a decade

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Society of Anesthesiologists From WisPolitics.com … — The state begins the 2023-25 budget cycle in much better financial shape than any cycle in the past decade, according to a new report. Wisconsin’s projected general fund revenues through mid-2025 exceed base spending by $6.8 billion.

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