Taxes

Municipalities across Wisconsin are still asking residents to approve referendums to fund public safety even after a sweeping measure to send more money to local governments was passed in 2023.

Wisconsinites started the 2025 tax season on Monday with a new tool — free access to software that sends their returns straight to the IRS.

Sen. Dianne Hesselbein now has four newly-elected Democrats in her caucus, eliminating the previous Republican supermajority and giving Democrats a greater say in what happens to the state budget.

Republicans lawmakers, who pushed repeatedly last legislative session for tax cuts, celebrated the report’s findings.

In January, Republicans will have control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate along with the Presidency. Wisconsin Democratic Rep. Gwen Moore weighs in on some of the tax proposals likely to come up in the new Congress.

UW-Madison Professor Emerita Karen Holden visited “The Larry Meiller Show” to discuss the current and future solvency of the Social Security program.

Total property tax levies approved by local governments across Wisconsin last year saw their largest increase since 2007, according to the Wisconsin Policy Forum.

City officials say limited state revenue and waning pandemic aid are among the factors fueling a projected $22 million budget gap.

Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has appointed David Casey to lead Wisconsin’s Department of Revenue. Casey replaces former Secretary Peter Barca, who stepped down earlier this month.

As the 2024 tax filing deadline approaches, Wisconsin Department of Revenue Secretary Peter Barca is warning residents to be extra vigilant because the “fraudsters are out there en masse.”