Advocacy & Public Policy

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MMAC takes on the biggest challenges businesses are facing so you can focus on growing yours. We provide opportunities for our members to influence civic, social and economic initiatives that support community growth.

MMAC's Priorities

Taxes

We advocate for reforming the tax structure for a pro-business climate.​

Future Talent

We collaborate with policymakers and elected officials to enact policies that invest in our students and upskill our talent pool.

Infrastructure

We advocate for policies and transportation projects that support our businesses and population.

Job Creation

We promote economic policies to help attract new employers and expand existing job creators in the area.

2021-2022 Legislative Wins

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Taxes

• Reduced individual income tax rates for a $2.4 billion dollar tax cut for Wisconsinites
• Blocked a $478 million dollar tax increase on businesses by removing the proposal to eliminate the manufacturing and agriculture tax credit
• Blocked $350 million tax increase, removing the proposal to increase capital gains taxes
• Provided $60 million annually to the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund to ensure employer contribution tax rates did not increase

Future Talent

• $3 million for Wisconsin Reading Corps literacy program providing one-on-one tutoring
• Blocked the proposed elimination of the UW Office of Educational Opportunity
• $85 million increase in funding for special education aid

Infrastructure

• $100 million dollar financing authority for MMSD to build a containment facility to dredge and clean the Milwaukee River Estuary of century old sediments and toxins
• $40 million for a new public museum, the Wisconsin Museum of Nature and Culture
• $40 million to begin the reconstruction project of the I-94 East-West corridor

2021-2022 Legislative Scorecard

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​MMAC's annual Scorecard evaluates how well the votes of your state elected officials represented the priorities of the MMAC in the past legislative session.
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 The key bills included were chosen because of their policy significance and relationship to our public policy agenda. A brief description of the legislation is included, as well as a vote-by-vote record for each legislator.

Where your voice matters

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LOCAL

We help make the Milwaukee region affordable for both businesses and their employees by having a voice on local policies that matter.

​STATE

Our state legislative agenda supports policies that improve the overall job creation, health and prosperity of the Wisconsin economy.

FEDERAL

We advocate for smart federal policies that support employers, nurture entrepreneurs, and invest in the working success of our city.