A recent survey from Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce found strong support among business leaders for reducing the state’s individual income tax.  The group’s latest Wisconsin Employer Survey, conducted online with 164 employers, found 89 percent support “significantly reducing and flattening” Wisconsin’s individual income tax. Of that number, 62 percent said

The head of the Wisconsin Bankers Association says inflation is causing deposits to slow.  In a recent interview, WBA President and CEO Rose Oswald Poels explained deposit levels were “extremely high” during the COVID-19 pandemic due to various factors.  Some customers simply wanted their money in a safe place, while

Home sales in south central Wisconsin dropped 15 percent between 2021 and 2022, according to a new report.  The Realtors Association of South Central Wisconsin reports total home sales in the region fell from 18,546 to 15,765 over the year. While sales numbers for January through June were roughly in

Milwaukee’s construction sector is facing a challenging labor market, the Wisconsin Policy Forum reports. In its latest report, the group says it uncovered a mixed picture for construction in the region. While some of the information they collected from industry leaders and other sources “suggest the workforce is stable and

The Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association is calling on state lawmakers to boost funding for an ag exports program and grants for dairy processors.  The organization yesterday released its policy priorities for 2023, which also include food labeling, transportation regulations, broadband expansion and efforts to address the workforce shortage.  WCMA Executive

The first cohort in gener8tor’s gBETA program in Kenosha includes startup companies focused on speech therapy technology, travel agency services, candle making and financial services.  City officials and startup accelerator gener8tor last month kicked off the inaugural cohort of the gBETA program in Kenosha.  This free seven-week program provides “intensive

The head of Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce expects energy inflation this year will hurt manufacturing and agriculture.  Kurt Bauer, president and CEO of WMC, says higher energy prices could “very well tip the U.S. into a recession” in 2023. His prediction was included in the Wisconsin Bankers Association’s latest Wisconsin

An executive with the Milwaukee Bucks says new developments in the Deer District will help attract more visitors and give the local economy a boost.  Michael Belot is the team’s senior vice president of Bucks ventures and development. Speaking at a recent meeting of the Milwaukee Rotary Club, he outlined

Wisconsin needs to build about 140,000 housing units by 2030 to meet current estimates for housing needs. But that number could be more than 200,000 if the state’s working-age population grows.  That’s according to a new report from Forward Analytics, the research arm of the Wisconsin Counties Association. While the

A new report from consulting firm Civic Economics finds locally owned retailers and restaurants in south central Wisconsin have a greater economic impact on the area than national chains.  The report was commissioned by Dane Buy Local, a nonprofit advocacy group based in Madison.  The organization surveyed local retailers and

A Madison startup called Voximetry has gotten FDA clearance for a tool that can estimate the amount of radiation absorbed by patients following treatment or diagnosis with radiopharmaceuticals.  This class of drugs uses radioactive isotopes for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes. The amount of radiation used for diagnostics is typically very

The RNC has announced the 2024 national convention in Milwaukee will run July 15-18, the earliest the party will meet to formally select its presidential nominee since 1980. Yesterday’s announcement formally kicked off the countdown until the convention rolls into Wisconsin’s largest city. Milwaukee also was set to host the

The director of the Wisconsin Early Childhood Association is calling for more public dollars for child care programs in the state to help avert a looming funding cliff.  “Child care is probably at the most fragile place that I’ve seen it at in 20 years,” Ruth Schmidt told WisconsinEye yesterday.

The Marshfield Clinic Research Institute is spotlighting roadway deaths as a major safety concern for Wisconsin’s agriculture industry.  The institute’s National Farm Medicine Center partners with the UW-Madison Division of Extension to produce the Wisconsin Farm Related Fatalities Reports. Six of the 40 ag-related deaths in 2019 and five of

Several utilities in Wisconsin are running pilot projects for electric vehicle charging infrastructure to gather data.  Mark Bender, special counsel for the law firm Godfrey & Kahn in Madison, gave an overview of several of these projects yesterday during a webinar. He explained the state Public Service Commission in late

Nearly three quarters of Wisconsin bank CEOs included in a recent survey expect the state’s economy to weaken in the next six months.  The Wisconsin Bankers Association’s biannual Economic Conditions Survey found 72 percent of responding bank executives have a negative outlook on the state’s economy for the first half

About 22,000 union workers and retirees in Wisconsin are expected to benefit from a $36 billion federal award being announced today for the Central States Pension Fund.  This funding from the American Rescue Plan Act’s Special Financial Assistance Program represents the largest award of federal financial support in history for