Economy

The city of Madison won’t have to make deep cuts to city services after voters passed a referendum to raise $22 million through property taxes, but voters in other communities batted down efforts to raise funds for city operations.

Nick Weber, CEO and founder of La Crosse Distilling Co., joined WPR’s “Morning Edition” to talk about the partnership.

In Wisconsin, the report found that immigrants paid $3 billion in federal, state and local taxes in 2022, and held $3.3 billion in spending power.

The union said 88 percent of the vendors voted to approve a tentative three-year collective bargaining agreement that was negotiated with Delaware North.

New Glarus Brewing is adding a fifty-five million dollar addition, which will include doubling the size of their brew hall, adding a smaller pilot brewery to feed a spirit distillery and more parking. 

Affordable housing was one of the issues identified as a top concern this election for voters in Superior.

Wisconsin will receive nearly $73 million in federal funding for a project that could allow for more passenger trains between Milwaukee and Chicago by creating a bypass for freight trains.

Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz said a Kamala Harris presidency would support Wisconsin unions and bolster the state’s manufacturing sector by building upon recent federal investments.

The Sheboygan Jaycees operate the Dominion of Terror to raise money for other local nonprofit organizations with every scream.

Wisconsin has a statewide sales tax of 5 percent. Most of the counties across the state have their own 0.5 percent sales tax on top of the state sales tax.