Summer starts to slip into fall

It is time to repeal, replace and reform the fuel tax in Wisconsin. An ongoing war with Iran, sanctions against Russian fuel, and now attacks on Saudi oil shipping — coupled with some good-old fashioned corporate greed on behalf of the major oil producers— has led to soaring gas and diesel prices. According to industry reports, ExxonMobil saw profits last quarter of $14.5 billion, which ...

Gross property tax levies across Wisconsin collectively grew by 5.8% on December 2025 tax bills, easily outpacing inflation as the largest increase in nearly two decades. This gross figure includes all levies imposed by all local governments and school districts in Wisconsin, before any state tax credits are applied to lower net bills for homeowners. Some areas saw much larger increases: gross ...