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The Milwaukee Public Schools Board is set to approve its $1.3 billion budget for the upcoming school year this week. The Wisconsin Policy Forum digs into MPS’s complicated financial picture in a new report.
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Fewer Wisconsin high school grads are going to college. One reason may be that college has become less affordable for Wisconsin students in need of financial aid.
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The new year often prompts reflection on the past one, and one of the Wisconsin Policy Forum’s traditions is to take stock of their top five research findings of the last twelve months. Many of the 52 reports, policy briefs and data tools produced by the Forum were related to the COVID-19 pandemic, but other topics were explored as well.
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A new report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum looks at a key indicator for college enrollment: FAFSA completion. The FAFSA is the federal financial aid form high schoolers fill out when applying to college.
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Over the last two years, there’s been a sharp rise in property taxes throughout Wisconsin, and in Milwaukee, many homeowners have been feeling the pinch. There are a variety of reasons for these rising taxes, which the Wisconsin Policy Forum outlines in its new report.
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A new report raises questions about whether the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee can maintain its Tier 1 research status and its mission to serve disadvantaged students, under current financial conditions.
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A new report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum examines how higher education in southeast Wisconsin is meeting the needs of the health care workforce. The report found that more people are graduating with bachelor’s degrees in nursing and other health care fields, but worker shortages remain.
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The state is expected to take in $4.4 billion more than previously projected and it will be up to Democrats and Republicans in Madison to decide how to use this money to address the problems facing Wisconsin.
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A new report by the Wisconsin Policy Forum is dissecting recent policy reforms at the Milwaukee Police Department and how they stack up to other cities.
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As bars, movie theaters and other indoor entertainment venues shut their doors due to COVID-19, Wisconsin has seen a dramatic increase in people heading…