Labor

Wisconsin’s Manufacturing Advantage Endured: The Manufacturing and Agriculture Credit, 2013–2025

For every 100 manufacturing jobs in Wisconsin’s border counties in 2012, there were about 117 in 2025. Across the state line, 100 became 96.

Reports of Wisconsin’s Brain Drain Are Greatly Exaggerated: The State’s Real Talent Problem Is Who Doesn’t Come

Wisconsin’s college-educated residents do not leave at unusually high rates. The deeper weakness is that relatively few educated newcomers arrive, especially from far away and among people born in other states.

Wisconsin Cannot Tax What Leaves

Wisconsin has spent decades losing too much young talent. It has so far avoided an Illinois-style high-income outflow. The next governor should try to fix the first without creating the second.

Business Formations in Wisconsin November 2025

12.18.25 For November 2025, business applications were 8,262, an increase of 24.33% from a month ago.

Business Formations in Wisconsin August 2025

9.12.25 For August 2025, business applications were 6,267, an increase of 11.08% from a month ago.