Wisconsinites approve record $4.4 billion in school referendums amid waning support
Seemingly defying recent polls showing voters’ opposition to property tax increases, Wisconsinites approved a record number of school district referendums totaling $4.4 billion in 2024, according to a report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum.
Wisconsin voters OK'd a record $4.4 billion in school referendums this year
That shatters the previous record of $2.7 billion generated through school referendums in 2020, the report states. Altogether, 241 referendum questions appeared on local ballots this year. By approving referendums, voters agree to raise their own property ...
Wisconsin school referendums live election results
THIS ELECTION, MORE THAN $1 BILLION IN SCHOOL REFERENDA WERE ON BALLOTS ACROSS THE STATE. ONE OF THE LARGEST WAS ARROWHEAD HIGH SCHOOL’S $261 MILLION REFERENDUM TO BUILD A NEW HIGH SCHOOL. 12 NEWS. DREW CARTER JOINS US LIVE FROM ARROWHEAD HIGH SCHOOL IN HARTLAND.
Study Finds Wisconsin Voters Approved a Record Number of School Referenda
The Wisconsin Policy Forum study found that school districts asked voters to sign off on a record 241 referenda, eclipsing the old record of 240 set in 1998. The referenda sought a total of $5.9 billion,
Madison School District voters pass $607 million referendums
The school district had two referendums — a $100 operating referendum and a $507 million capital referendum — on the ballot.
Study finds Wisconsin voters approved record number of school referendums
The Wisconsin Policy Forum study found that school districts asked voters to sign off on a record 241 referendums, eclipsing the old record of 240 set in 1998.
After referendums pass, critics accuse IL legislature of ‘hoarding’ ballot space
After the passage of all three non-binding statewide referenda placed on the 2024 ballot by the state legislature, critics ...
After voters reject two Vero Beach referendums, what's going to happen with downtown?
The first referendum was defeated with 65.2% of the vote, 5,269 voting no and 2,810 saying yes, according to final, ...
10 states voted on pro-abortion referendums. 7 of them passed
Out of the 10 abortion protection referendums presented to voters yesterday, seven have passed, expanding access to the care ...
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Illinois voters give stamp of approval on three nonbinding referendums
Illinois voters got to weigh in on three nonbinding referendums on this year’s ballot. And according to the latest results, ...
Vero Beach voters decide future of downtown area with two separate referendums
One referendum would have increased density within the downtown area, the other allowed for the transfer of development ...
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See how Cobb County and Gwinnett county precincts voted on transit referendums
Voters in Cobb and Gwinnett resoundingly turned down sales tax proposals that would have funded expansion of public transit in the fast-growing suburban Atlanta counties. The vote was closer in ...
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A majority of Minnesota school referendums that would increase taxes fail on Election Day
MINNEAPOLIS — Many Minnesotans had to decide whether to send more tax money to their local schools. Sixty-four questions related to schools showed up on Minnesota ballots across the state this ...
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Janesville superintendent, school board members: Thanks for supporting referendums
JANESVILLE — Janesville School District Superintendent Mark Holzmann addressed the school board Tuesday night, expressing ...