Property taxes are climbing faster in Dane County and Madison than the rest of Wisconsin, according to a new Wisconsin Policy Forum analysis of state tax data.
The countywide tax levy grew 5.7% to about $1.9 billion last year, with Madison’s portion of the total increasing 5.1% to $894 million.
Tax levies increased by 4.2% statewide last year, continuing a pattern in recent years of growing by a smaller rate than in Dane County and Madison…