Center for Research on the Wisconsin Economy: Report: Wisconsin’s talent problem is not who leaves. It’s who never comes.

New analysis finds Wisconsin has relatively low departure rates among college-educated residents but attracts too few newcomers, especially from farther away and among people born in other states MADISON, Wisconsin, September 8, 2026 - Wisconsin has spent years worrying about “brain drain.” A new report from the Center for Research on the Wisconsin Economy finds that the state’s more persistent ta...