Weekly E-Update

Dear Friends,

Congratulations to Whitefish Bay High School! Whitefish Bay High is ranked as the top high school in all of Wisconsin according to Niche.com. The school received an overall A+ from the website. And they are not alone.

Also making the list of top Wisconsin high schools are Homestead (#4), Nicolet (#9), Hamilton (#27), Menomonee Falls (#34), Grafton (#38), and Germantown (#39). We also have some high ranking private schools in our area. University School of Milwaukee is ranked number 1, Dominican is ranked #12, Torah Academy is ranked #37, and Living Word Lutheran is #48 among private schools. That's great news for our area.

Here's some exciting, but not surprising news. Wisconsin's cheesemakers are the greatest in the world. Our cheesemakers took home 122 awards and swept six different categories at the American Cheese Society competition in Richmond, VA. Congratulations!

As always, if you have any concerns or ideas on how to improve our great state, please do not hesitate to contact me by phone at 608-266-5830 or by email at Sen.Darling@legis.wisconsin.gov.

On, Wisconsin!

State Fair Time!

I had a wonderful time at the Wisconsin State Fair this week! It's the 168th annual Fair and it's better than ever.

There is still time to make memories at State Fair, it runs through Sunday. Look below for a link to events and happenings at your Wisconsin State Fair!

Wisconsin is Still Winning!

Did you know?

Our last budget started with a surplus of more than $1 billion.
We’ve cut taxes by more than $8 billion since 2011.
Wisconsin is finally out of the top ten highest taxed states in the nation.
Wisconsin’s GDP was 2.9% for the first quarter of 2019 That’s higher than Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, and Michigan.
For all of 2018, Wisconsin’s economy grew 2.5%, the best year of growth for the state since 2010.
The property tax bill on a median valued home is lower now than it was back in 2010.
For the last 17 straight months, Wisconsin’s unemployment rate stayed at 3% or lower. Unemployment has never been this low for this long since records were kept.
Our labor force participation rate is five points higher than the national average.
WalletHub ranks Wisconsin as the 6th best state to live in.
Wisconsin ranks number one in the Midwest for Health Care Access and Patient Safety.
CNBC ranks Wisconsin as the 17th best state in the nation for business.
According to the Center for Research on the Wisconsin Economy , the income for a median family of four in Wisconsin grew 13.1% since 2010. Nationally, incomes grew 10.7%.

Around the 8th...

Click on the picture above for tickets and more information.