Here’s an overview of recent legislative and policy wins that MMAC has delivered for your business.
TAXES
- Removed proposal to scale back Manufacturing Activities Tax Credit by $516 million
- Removed proposal to increase capital gains taxes by $505 million
- Defeated proposal to allow local assessors to tax both property and business value
- Removed proposal to repeal Right to Work law
- Removed proposal to cap number of WEDC Enterprise Zones
- Fought proposal to undo uniformity of statewide labor standards
- $226.4M for metro Milwaukee freeway construction
- $35M for additional Hiawatha rail service between Milwaukee and Chicago
- Backing for bonds to expand the downtown convention center
- $700K annually for the Wisconsin Reading Corps literacy training program
- Retain existing formula for Choice and Charter per pupil funding
- $97M increase in funding for special education aids
Click on each year to view MMAC’s legislative and policy wins.
REGULATION
- Legislature must approve any state regulation with $10M+ compliance costs
- Statewide uniformity for HR mandates
- Corporations may allow virtual attendance at shareholder meetings
- Clarified inconsistencies in Waukesha water diversion plan
- Transportation of higher loads allowed near Port Milwaukee
- Public Service Commission authorized to resolve contested cases via settlements
- Utilities may charge special assessments to fund lead water main replacements
- Uniform statewide standards created for drone operation
FUTURE TALENT
- $6.8M to help recruit workforce
TAXES
- Tax credit for employer payments to employee college savings accounts
TAXES
- Alternative Minimum Tax reform
REGULATION
- Increased Enterprise Zones available to the state from 20 to 30
FUTURE TALENT
- Increased per pupil funding for Milwaukee Choice and Charter students
- Created a 5-star academic performance scale for schools
- Increased number of independent Charter school authorizers
- Streamlined turnaround strategies for persistently failing MPS schools.
- State required to recognize out of state teacher/administrator license
- MPS required to sell vacant/underutilized schools to education operators
- Independent Charter school boards authorized to open additional schools
- $1 million for expansion of Teach for America.
- Reduced proposed state funding cut to the UW system by $50M
INFRASTRUCTURE
- Ensured on-time completion of the core Zoo Interchange project
TAXES
- Jobs Tax Credit applicable to any net new jobs a company creates in Wisconsin
FUTURE TALENT
- DWD required to create system matching employer needs with worker skills
- $1M in state funding to expand Teach for America Corps in Milwaukee
- 100% state funding of the Milwaukee Choice program
- Increased per pupil funding for Choice and Charter students
REGULATION
- Metallic mining permitted in Wisconsin
- Defeated a proposal to double steam utility rates in downtown Milwaukee
- Small businesses grants for workplace wellness programs
TAXES
- Reduced general fund taxes by $576M; reduced individual income tax rates
TAXES
- Eliminated state taxes for manufacturing and agriculture
- Funding doubled for state Jobs Tax Credit to $10 million per year
REGULATION
- Local governments prohibited from imposing paid sick leave mandates
- Significant product liability reforms
FUTURE TALENT
- City of Milwaukee authorized to sell or lease surplus MPS facilities
- Increased access to Choice enrollment in Milwaukee
- School districts authorized to create a Technical Skills Diploma
- Increased employer representation on MATC board
TAXES
- Capital gains deferment for new business starts
- Sales and property tax exemption for manufacturing and biotech equipment
- $5M annual Jobs Tax Credit
- $5M annual Research and Development Income Tax Credit
- Startup tax credits funding increased to $40.5 million
- Higher education tax credit
FUTURE TALENT
- $176M UW-Milwaukee initiative funding
INFRASTRUCTURE
- $517M I-94 reconstruction
- $2.4M Milwaukee-Chicago Amtrak Hiawatha capacity
TAXES
- Successfully fought $15B in rate hikes and fees
REGULATION
- Successfully fought minimum wage hike
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