(The Center Square) – Business owners in Wisconsin are concerned that the state is not headed in the right direction while 71% reported an increase in the property tax bill for their owned or leased commercial property over the past year with 1% seeing a decrease.
The employer survey from the Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce is conducted twice a year with 200 respondents.
“It’s no wonder employers say Wisconsin is headed the wrong way: we’re already among the highest-taxed states in the nation, with top-10 individual and property tax burdens and a top-12 corporate tax burden,” Kurt R. Bauer, WMC President/CEO, said in a statement. “Property taxes are a punishing fixed cost, owed whether a business is just starting out, expanding, or struggling. With Governor Evers’ 400-year autopilot increase, Wisconsin is on track to climb even higher.”
Gov. Tony Evers used the current veto power to erase numbers and a hyphen to change the year “2024-25” to “2425” in a school appropriation in the budget bill.
That meant a $325 per student per year funding increase for the next 400 years was allowed and later upheld in a 4-3 ruling from the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
In the Nov. 3 election, Wisconsin voters will have the chance to end the governor’s partial veto power with a referendum to block a partial veto to “create or increase or authorize the creation or increase of any tax or fee.”
The survey also showed that 71% of employers favor ending the state’s personal income tax while 46% said that they strongly support the idea with just 14% say that they oppose it.
The employers weren’t asked if the state’s budget would decrease or another tax would be added in its place.
“Some states roll out the red carpet for businesses; others roll out the red tape,” Bauer said in a statement. “Wisconsin taxes 95% of its businesses through the individual income tax rate—what many rightly call a ‘small business tax’—hitting them with one of the highest top rates in the country. If Wisconsin seeks to attract investment, businesses, and talent, we must reform our tax climate to make it more competitive with neighboring states and those across the country. More red carpet—less red tape.”

(The Center Square) – The Milwaukee Brewers will add a high-end private club and new first-row seats as part of a renovation fueled by $500 million in public funding agreed to by state leaders in late 2023.
The Truss Club, set to open in 2027, will be a two story open-air 20,000-square-foot club that will include everything from a valet option and priority departure along with separate security and private lockers that go with 375 new seats.
The wider seats, 23 or 24 inches, will be in the first six rows between the dugouts.
The club will open onto the concourse level of the stadium.
Fans will need to be full and half-season ticket members and will plan to pay prices that start at $245 for the seats. The all-inclusive seats include high-end food options and in-seat service.
The club will open 30 minutes before other stadium gates.
The 2023 funding deal from state lawmakers, which included a lease renewal through 2050, included $366 million in state tax money along with $135 million from taxpayers in Milwaukee and Milwaukee County over the 27-year renewal.
The deal also included a non-Brewer game ticket tax for events such as last weekend’s Banana Ball at the stadium or concerts such as Luke Combs.
Milwaukee was the only stadium without a premium club area besides the Athletics in their temporary home in Sacramento before a planned move to Las Vegas in 2028, according to MLB.com.
The team is also building a plaza in the outfield that will open this season along with a planned multilevel food and beverage complex that will open in 2027.

(The Center Square) – A new report from the University of Wisconsin says tuition in the state is actually too low.
UW regents last week voted for a 2% tuition increase across the UW System, but the report from the university’s Center for Research on the Wisconsin Economy said that tuition increase is modest at best.
“[The] 2% (about $210), [is] the fourth increase since a decade-long freeze ended in 2023, the report states. The debate treats this as a hardship; the data show the opposite. The resident price is too low, a legacy of political price control rather than market value.”
The 2% tuition hike will bring the cost of a year’s worth of tuition and fees at UW-Madison to more than $12,000 per-year. Tuition and fees at UW-Eau Claire and UW-La Crosse will jump this fall to more than $10,000 per-year, and most other UW campuses will see tuition rise to just less than $10,000.
Regents and the CROWE report both say that is a bargain compared to other universities in other states.
At Ohio State, in-state tuition and fees average a little more than $14,000 a year, while Michigan residents pay more than $18,000 at University of Michigan. In-state tuition and fees at the University of Minnesota run $18,000, while the average cost at Indiana University is a little more than $12,000.
“At $12,166, resident tuition and fees are the 12th-lowest of the 38 public members of the Association of American Universities and well below the median of $14,726, even though U.S. News ranks UW–Madison 12th among public universities. Its research peers charge residents 51% to 73% more,” the report adds.
Tuition for out-of-state students is also rising, but the CROWE report said that’s not much of a concern.
“Nonresident tuition of $44,191 carries no taxpayer subsidy and is the closest available market price; residents pay just 28 cents on the dollar, the fourth-lowest share in the group and a discount near $32,000 a year,” the report noted.
The report, however, is not doing much to calm the anger over the University of Wisconsin’s fourth-straight tuition increase.
State Sen. Rob Hutton, R-Brookfield, on Monday said the university should be looking to cut costs, not raise tuition.
“Since 2021, the UW System’s budget has grown from approximately $12.9 billion to nearly $15.9 billion, an increase that tracks inflation. The Legislature also provided an additional $256 million in taxpayer support in the most recent state budget. Yet students and families are now facing a fourth consecutive tuition increase, putting a first-class UW education further out of reach for many deserving families,” Hutton said.
Hutton and other Republicans at the Capitol say the tuition increase is even more insulting when costs are going up largely to continue paying for extra layers of university administrators.
“The challenge facing the UW System is not simply one of resources. It is whether we are willing to undertake the reforms necessary to make the System stronger, more responsive, and more affordable over the long term. That includes streamlining bureaucracy, reducing unnecessary duplication across campuses, modernizing governance, and ensuring programs align with the needs of today’s students and Wisconsin employers,” Hutton added in a statement.

(The Center Square) – Wisconsin had nearly 356,000 of what it calls assistance groups receiving FoodShare in the state in May, down from nearly 370,000 last June.
FoodShare is the Wisconsin version of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance program, which saw changes in the past year to work requirements along with ending eligibility for some immigrants and refugees.
The work requirements are for any individual aged 18 to 64 who is physically and mentally able to work and does not have a child under 14. Each person fitting that description must work 20 hours per week or participate in approved job readiness programs, job searching or volunteering.
In March, Gov. Tony Evers and legislators came to an agreement on a $72 million FoodShare bill that included a ban on candy and soda purchases with the SNAP funds.
The Foundation for Government Accountability said when the new requirements were put in place, including a significant financial penalty for states that exceed a 6% error rate on payments, that the integrity measures were necessary since SNAP costs had increased 488% since 2000 with the number of enrollees doubling over that time.
There were 42 million enrollees with annual federal costs of more than $100 billion for the program.
The five-year trend on Wisconsin SNAP enrollments showed that numbers went from nearly 371,000 households in 2022 to more than 374,000 in both 2023 and 2024 and back down to 356,000 now.

(The Center Square) – Dane County in Wisconsin is stopping the clock on large artificial intelligence data center projects.
The county board last week approved an 18-month pause on large data center projects. That pause involves a stop order on all zoning permits for large projects for the next 18 months.
“Following review by the Zoning and Land Regulation Committee, the resolution was narrowed to apply only to hyperscale data centers, defined as facilities that use at least 5,000 servers and occupy at least 10,000 square feet of floor space,” the county said in a statement. “Smaller data center infrastructure is not affected.”
Dane County is not the only county in Wisconsin with a ban on large data center projects. Manitowoc County also has a ban. County leaders there unanimously approved an 18-month pause on large projects back in April. Brown County discussed a pause, but ultimately decided not to vote.
The city of Madison approved aone-year ban on large data center construction last month.
“Communities across Dane County are watching this issue closely, and there is real concern that proposals could move forward before we have the information needed to properly evaluate them,” County Board Chairman Patrick Miles said in a statement. “Pressing pause is the responsible step. It protects our communities while we do the work to understand what hyperscale data center development would mean for our land, our infrastructure, and our residents.”
Miles said the county will look to answer questions about the “environmental, economic, health, and safety implications of data centers.”
Miles also said the 18-month delay will allow other counties and communities to decide how they are going to handle data centers of their own.
“This is a regional question as much as a local one,” he said. “I hope our partners in cities, villages, and towns with their own zoning will look at taking similar steps so that no community in Dane County is left without the benefit of this research.”

(The Center Square) – Wisconsin Senate leadership is again asking for records related to the state’s Department of Justice and lawyers paid for through the Michael Bloomberg-funded New York University State Energy & Environmental Impact Center.
Earlier this year, a special committee led by Senate President Mary Felzkowski, R-Tomahawk, asked Attorney General Josh Kaul to stop using special assistant attorney generals paid with private funds.
The committee also asked for records related to the relationship between the Justice Department and what it calls outside influences. The committee believes the department did not conduct a new search for records after that request was made and instead only “turned over records already compiled from previous open records requests or disclosed during litigation.”
“Oversight is a core responsibility of the Legislature, and DOJ consciously chose to not turn over the records that the legislative committee originally requested,” Felzkowski said in a statement. “Wisconsinites deserve transparency, especially when it’s about outside influence in Wisconsin’s Department of Justice.”
Farm groups including the Wisconsin Dairy Alliance and Venture Dairy Cooperative filed a lawsuit in February 2025 related to challenging the agreement between Wisconsin’s attorney general office and a special assistant attorney general paid for by the university group.
The groups say that the special interest attorneys deny the groups from equal protection under the law and provide access that other groups do not have to leverage their ideology.
The new request for information includes all records from the original information request along with information on a hiring freeze at the Department of Justice while the department brought in lawyers funded by outside groups.

(The Center Square) – Credit card debt is now an issue in the Democrats’ race for governor in Wisconsin.
Frontrunner Francesca Hong on Wednesday addressed the news that she was being sued over $30,000 in unpaid credit card debt.
“You deserve a real response from me, directly. The real talk,” Hong said in a video she recorded and posted to social media. “I am an ordinary working Wisconsinite, and we are living in an America where too many people have been robbed of the American dream.”
Hong explained that her credit card debt is tied to her now-closed restaurant in Madison.
“I’m not ashamed to have made honest financial mistakes in pursuit of my dream of opening a restaurant,” she added. “What I am ashamed of is a system that treats debt as a moral failure.”
Hong is not the only Democrat in the governor’s race who is talking about credit card debt.
Kirk Bangstad took to social media to share his story, and stick up for Hong.
He wrote, “First and foremost, a candidate running for governor with credit problems is probably the most relatable thing to Wisconsin voters – especially those under 40 who have been left behind by an economy that siphons money to the rich. Most people who read that article probably nodded their heads and say ‘yep, been there.’ Second, there is absolutely no shame in falling behind on credit card payments.”
Bangstad explained that he owed about $30,000 on his credit cards after the 2008 recession.
“I went from ‘just getting by’ to being underwater in less than a month,” Bangstad added.
Hong blamed the other Democrats in the race for trying to use her debt to smear her.
“My opponents are scrambling,” Hong said in her video. “They are scared of what we’ve built, our platform that is resonating with working class people all across the state who feel left behind.”
Bangstad then blamed the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel for the story on Hong.
“So sorry, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,” Bangstad wrote. “Your hit piece against Hong fell flat with me, as I’m guessing it did with most Wisconsinites who struggle to meet their basic needs in an economy stacked against them.”
In a March 11-18 poll (when there were nine candidates; today there are eight) Hong had a modest 14%-11% lead over Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes among Democrats in the governor’s race with 65% undecided.
Bangstad joined the race late, and may not make the ballot at all.
The Wisconsin Elections Commission this week ruled that he does not have enough valid signatures to make the cut. He has til Sunday to fix the problems with his nominating petitions.

(The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s two-year budget has more than doubled from $54.3 billion in 2005-06 to $114.08 billion in 2025-26.
Spending has gone up more than 10% each of the past two budgets.
That spending increase, fueled by increased tax collections, were highlighted as well as warning signs that it could continue in a new legislative session report from the Institute for Reforming Government.
IRG Deputy Director Maryjane Behm saw a late-session estate tax proposal as a warning sign that the spending and taxing increases would continue if Democrats hold the Legislature and governorship after this fall’s elections.
“You look at the last two budgets and we’re at a 26% increase,” Behm told The Center Square. “Did your income increase 24% in the last four years? I don’t think anyone’s did. But government did.”
She said that “regular people” are failing to see the value in their increased tax obligations that went along with the spending increase.
The estate tax proposal, Assembly Bill 1029, could have led to nearly $170 million more in taxes collected each year from Wisconsinites. The bill had an exception for up to $15 million worth of farmland held continuously by qualified family members before death.
“Those bills that were introduced at the end of March were not going to move anywhere but it was kind of the Democrats showing their hand on ‘this is the policies we want in Wisconsin if we have control,’” Behm said.
The report highlighted a group of grooming bills that were signed into law but also a failed $1.8 billion surplus package that included $300 or $600 income tax refund checks, $600 million for schools, and an end to taxes on tips and overtime.
Behm pointed out that in a divided government with a Democrat in the governor’s role and the Republicans in charge of the Legislature, overall spending increased significantly and there were not a ton of bills that made large long-term changes.
But, in the span from 2011 to 2018 with Republicans in charge with both, spending flattened in the first budget before seeing increases of 7%, 4% and 4% as opposed to the 10% that preceded that span and the 9% increase that followed.
“I do think that people are getting worried about the outrageous spending state government has, the federal government and local government,” Behm said.

(The Center Square) – For the fifth straight year, the University of Wisconsin System will increase tuition for in-state undergraduate students.
The 2% hike was approved 15-1 by regents on Thursday. Last year’s increase was 5%.
The highest total of tuition and segregated fees in the system is at the flagship University of Wisconsin-Madison ($12,416).
The increase includes a 3.5% increase in segregated fees, which are for student services, activities, programs and facilities. In all, it would be a 2.5% average increase across tuition, segregated fees, and room and board.
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Superintendent Jill Underly, also a regent, spoke in support of the increase, saying it was necessary because state funding for the system was not sufficient. The opinion is similar to what Underly has stated about K-12 school funding in the state.
Regent Timothy Nixon was the lone vote against the increase, stating that he would not support another increase unless all other options had been explored.
“We must be confident we have explored all options before putting it on the backs of the students,” Nixon said.
Regent Ashok Rai said he appreciated Nixon’s concerns but that hard decisions would still have to be made on each campus due to what he called a “modest increase” in tuition.
The increase has been the subject of criticism from several Republican leaders in the state including Congressman Tom Tiffany, a Republican running for governor. He said that he would freeze tuition in the UW System if elected.
Sen. Eric Wimberger, R-Gillett, previously pointed out that, over the past 10 years, the system has added 2,400 nonfaculty staff positions while educating 16,000 fewer students.
Wimberger said that, if the system would “eliminate their administrative bloat,” it would free up $750 million.
“UW’s leadership is continuing to pass its payroll expenses onto students and their families, when it should be cutting its massive bureaucracy and reinvesting its funds to create a more valuable student experience,” Wimberger said in a statement. “No amount of money will ever be enough for satisfy these bureaucrats, and the bright students who attend our universities are only left with a worse education.”
The new numbers for the rest of the campuses are: UW-Eau Claire ($10,268), UW-Green Bay ($9,133), UW-La Crosse ($10,563), UW-Milwaukee ($11,153), UW-Oshkosh ($9,180), UW-Parkside ($8,851), UW-Platteville ($9,007), UW-River Falls ($9,448), UW-Stevens Point ($9,692), UW-Stout ($10,289), UW-Superior ($9,477) and UW-Whitewater ($8,984).

(The Center Square) – If two Senate Republicans change their mind on a $1.8 billion surplus deal, the Wisconsin Senate will meet again and send the proposal on to second-term Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.
Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu, R-Oostburg, said on Thursday afternoon that if any two of Sens. Steve Nass, Chris Kapenga and Rob Hutton changed their mind after previously voting against the bill in special session that the Senate would go back into session.
Hutton and LeMahieu are not seeking reelection along with Evers and 14th-year Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.
“Fifteen of 18 Senate Republicans supported the plan to provide rebate checks to hardworking families, pass no tax on tips and overtime, cut property taxes, and increase special education funding,” LeMahieu said in a statement. “All 15 Senate Democrats voted against it.
“If two more Senators decide to stand with the 80% of Wisconsinites who support this compromise, the Senate will meet to send the proposal to the governor.”
LeMahieu pointed to a Marquette poll on the bill, which said that 80% of voters supported the $1.8 billion surplus bill that included income tax refund checks, $600 million for schools and an end to taxes on tips and overtime.
The bill included an income tax refund, an end to income tax on overtime and tips and includes $300 million in special education funding along with $300 million in general school aid that would replace property tax funding for the same.
The poll found that 77% of Republicans, 82% of Democrats and 81% of independents supported the bill.
Senate Minority Leader Dianne Hesselbein, D-Middleton, said after the 18-15 vote against the bill on May 13 that she did not support the bill because it would create a $2.9 billion structural deficit heading into the next budget.
“From Day 1 of this legislative session, Senate Democrats have shown by our actions what we are for,” Hesselbein said. “Democrats have introduced bills that would lower costs, reduce property taxes, fund our schools, make health care and medications more affordable. We have proposed legislation to make sure more people can stay in their homes, to support our farmers, to raise wages and improve working conditions.
“We are, and have been, laser-focused on Wisconsin families who are struggling because of the chaos and skyrocketing costs in the Trump economy. And that’s why this reckless proposal was not something we could support. When Democrats are in the majority, we will steer a course to a Wisconsin in which our economy works for all, where schools are sufficiently funded, and health care is affordable and accessible. We will lead from a position of compassion, strength, tolerance, collaboration and fiscal responsibility that brings security to future generations.”
Inflation climbed from 2.4% in February to 3.8% in April. The national unemployment rate is 4.3%; it’s been between 4.1% and 4.5% for 15 months.
The S&P 500, Nasdaq and Dow Jones are all hovering around all-time highs. The national jobs report hasn’t shown a loss since February.
Consumer confidence polls have not matched the Wall Street markets, in part because the former is more present day outlook and the latter is future based.

(The Center Square) – Population projections are decreased, and with it the Wisconsin Counties Association’s Housing Outlook says fewer homes will be needed.
In 2023, the association projected the need to build 140,000 new homes by 2030 to keep up with demand. The report released last month says the state needs only 84,000 new homes.
“In late 2024, the Wisconsin Department of Administration released new population projections anchored to the 2020 Census,” the report says. “Those projections tell a more challenging story than the 2023 report. The working-age population is now projected to decline by closer to 200,000, and the senior population is expected to grow more slowly than originally anticipated.
“The prime working-age population, that is those aged 25 to 64, is the broadest measure of Wisconsin’s labor force and the primary driver of housing demand for owner-occupied units. The decline is concentrated among those aged 55-64, the younger half of the baby boom generation, who account for 171,096 of that projected drop. This is the single most significant demographic shift of the decade.”
Wisconsin has a housing availability problem. The state’s Realtors Association has noted not enough homes for sale for years. That lack of availability is one of the reasons why the price of homes continues to increase.
The association report acknowledges the same problem.
“A state that constructs only enough housing for a shrinking workforce is not positioning itself to grow, attract talent, or remain economically competitive through the next decade and beyond,” the authors wrote.
The report, though, strikes a positive tone when looking at whether Wisconsin can build enough homes to remain competitive.
“Lot creation is the furthest upstream measure of housing capacity because permits can only be issued, and homes can only be built, where lots already exist,” the report states. “From 2020 through 2025, there were an average of 5,600 lots created per year, an increase from the 4,600 created per year in the preceding five-year period.”
Those numbers, however, are far below the pre-2008 numbers which averaged over 14,000 lots created per year.
The report says, “The next few years of lot creation and permit data will signal which path Wisconsin is on. Lot creation ticked upward in 2025 to its highest level since 2007, which is encouraging, but still far short of preGreat Recession levels. Permitting has increased in recent years as well, but these incremental increases may not be enough to make up for years of lower construction and underdevelopment.”

(The Center Square) – An outspoken Democratic candidate for governor in Wisconsin has until Sunday to have an affidavit submitted to correct signatures on his nomination papers or he will be removed from the ballot.
Kirk Bangstad, who owns Minocqua Brewing Company, shared on the company’s social media pages that he is being asked to correct the papers. He currently has 1,504 valid signatures with 2,000 required.
Bangstad previously ran for the Wisconsin Assembly in 2020. He gained attention earlier this year for comments related to offering free beer after an assassination attempt on President Donald Trump.
Bangstad wrote that the nomination papers used Aug. 11, the date of the Democratic primary, as the election date listed on the forms but was required to list the date of the general election.
“The people signing this nomination form will see Bangstad’s name on August 11 as running for governor before they’ll see his name in the general election, so we can’t understand why the election officials would decide that this date would somehow mislead the people signing the nomination forms, which is why they invalidated the signatures,” Bangstad wrote. “Would an experienced campaign staff have known to list the general election as opposed to the primary election? Probably, but we don’t have an experienced campaign staff. We had normal people filling in these forms using normal people logic. We will appeal and there’s a good argument for why we should win.”
Bangstad shared an email from staff at the Wisconsin Elections Commission explaining the issue and that 40 of the 268 pages of nominating papers had all the signatures struck because of issues with the circulator “providing incorrect informations/dates or omitting required information such as their municipality of residence.”
The affidavits need to be corrected and notarized by 5 p.m. on Sunday.

(The Center Square) – Wisconsin Democrat Francesca Hong, a state representative running for governor, paid off $30,000 with personal funds, according to her campaign.
Hong was sued by Capital One on May 26 and her Campaign Manager Becky Cooper said that Hong will have a letter soon confirming that the debt is paid off in full.
“Like 80% of Americans, Rep. Hong has debt, specifically from business expenses that rose astronomically during the pandemic,” Cooper said. “She leads from a place of knowing the endless struggles with bills and the stress that places on families every day. Her policies will help Wisconsin residents develop greater economic stability and success.”
Hong led the race in a March Marquette Law School poll ahead of former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes (11%), Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley (3%), Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez (3%), businessman Joel Brennan (2%), state Rep. Kelda Roys (1%) and former Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. CEO Missy Hughes (1%).

(The Center Square) – Wisconsin has seen 15 fatal all-terrain or utility task vehicle accidents so far this year after having 41 last year, the second-highest year on record.
That was only surpassed by 47 in 2021.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources keeps updated records of the fatalities, showing the fatal crashes have jumped from 20 in 2015 to 40 in 2024 and 41 last year.
The DNR will be running a safety campaign from Friday to Sunday with additional patrols on trails and routes with wardens and safety patrols monitoring such as speeding and operating while intoxicated.
“Wisconsin continues to see a rising number of injury and fatal ATV and UTV crashes,” DNR off-highway vehicle administrator Lt. Jacob Holsclaw said in a statement. “We are asking our wardens and law enforcement partners to increase patrols to deter Illegal and unsafe operation and more importantly asking the public to police themselves.”
There were three reported deaths after rollover crashes in May with the deaths of a 23- and 31-year-old in separate ATV rollover crashes on public roads and a 71-year-old dying in a UTV rollover crash on a public trail.

(The Center Square) – One of the Democrats running for governor in Wisconsin is breaking with the current governor and the rest of the pack.
Former WEDC boss Missy Huhes said she would opt Wisconsin into the federal tax credit scholarship program.
“We need to unlock every resource possible for our children and teachers. When politicians failed to get a deal done for Wisconsin schools, that 80% of Wisconsinites supported, students were the ones left behind,” Hughes said in a statement, “Our responsibility is to pursue every available opportunity that can help Wisconsin children succeed.”
The Federal Scholarship Tax Credit would allow people to donate up to $1,700 that could then be used for educational scholarships. Donors would geta tax credit, while children, schools, and education groups could get millions of dollars in scholarships.
Those scholarships could go to public, private and choice schools in the state.
Gov. Tony Evers has refused to opt Wisconsin into the program. He says he doesn’t want public money to go to private schools, even though the scholarship money would all come from private donors.
Hughes said she doesn’t want to say no to any money that could help students in Wisconsin.
“After the failure to deliver additional school funding this year, Wisconsinites deserve to know where their leaders stand. I stand with students, parents, and teachers who want every available resource working on behalf of Wisconsin children.” Hughes added.
Republican candidate Tom Tiffany also supports the scholarship program. On Tuesday, he supported Hughes’ call to join.
“Only 31% of Wisconsin fourth-graders are proficient in reading. The federal scholarship program would have expanded tutoring and after-school opportunities for kids,” Tiffany wrote in a post on X. “But @GovEvers said no because of politics. Will any other Democrat candidates for governor support it?”
So far, none of the other Democrat candidates in Wisconsin have said they would opt-in.
Hughes is currently running at the back of the crowded pack of Democrats. The last Marquette Law School Poll showed her with about 1% of the Democrat vote.

(The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s average price for a gallon of unleaded gas was $4.08 on Tuesday, down nearly 25 cents from a week before and 30 cents from last month, according to data from GasBuddy.
The prices were up $1.11 from the same time last year.
Wisconsin ranked as the 19th most expensive state. The U.S. average was $4.23.
“National average of $4.25/gal is likely a low point for the next seven days, possibly longer – expecting price cycles/hikes in some states starting today, we could be back above $4.30 to close to $4.35/gal soon as we await new developments in the US/Iran situation,” GasBuddy Head of Petroleum Analysis Patrick DeHaan wrote on Tuesday morning.
He recently also noted that the refinery issues impacting Wisconsin, Ohio, Michigan and Illinois prices are now a thing of the past.
The lowest recorded gas prices in the state were three People’s Express stations at $3.41 in Shawano along with $3.43 at Shawano’s Kwik Trip.