Wisconsin Policy Forum

Rob Henken, president of the Wisconsin Policy Forum, and Mike Lappen, a behavioral health division administrator, share more about Milwaukee's expanded and restructured mental health services.

Wisconsin Policy Forum's Ari Brown discusses the findings of the "Low Pay For Public Attorneys A Growing Concern As Backlogs Rise" report.

Rob Henken, president of the Wisconsin Policy Forum, discusses a new report detailing the looming financial challenges for the Milwaukee County Transit System.

Ari Brown, a senior research associate at the Wisconsin Policy Forum, discusses a report on how Wisconsinites are being affected by the evolving landscape of legalized marijuana in border states.

Joe Peterangelo, senior researcher at the Wisconsin Policy Forum, is the lead author of the report that addresses the state of the construction workforce in Milwaukee. He details what the report found.

Rob Henken, president of the Wisconsin Policy Forum, details their top five research findings of 2022.

Milwaukee County will receive about $70 million to help treat and support people with substance use disorders. The money comes from a national opioid settlement but could go towards a wide range of services.

The city of Milwaukee and Milwaukee County both recently released their budget proposals for 2023. The fiscal forecast is bleak, although both budgets included cuts to essential services, more painful cuts are looming on the horizon as emergency federal funds begin to dwindle. Rob Henken from the Wisconsin Policy Forum recaps the budget proposals.

The City’s finances were scrutinized in a recent report by the Wisconsin Policy Forum, “Nearing the Brink.” For more than a decade, the Forum has been warning of the looming financial crisis brought on by steadily decreasing funds by the state and a refusal on the part of legislators to allow Milwaukee control over special taxes that could bring additional money from commuters and vacationers.

A report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum shows that Milwaukee has the lowest homeownership rate among Black and Hispanic households, combined, when compared to 10 other peer cities in the United States.