Economist Hoffer on La Crosse school plan, city’s short-term rentals, ADUs, budget surplus

Economist Adam Hoffer joined La Crosse Talk PM on Wednesday to discuss some big issues locally, including the La Crosse schools building plan, and the city council tackling short-term rentals, ADUs.

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But first, we talked about Wisconsin having billions in budget surplus for two years now, and how Shohei Ohtani gets a $700 million MLB contract while the state of Wisconsin pays $500 million to update the Milwaukee Brewers stadium.

Hoffer is the director of excise tax policy at the nonprofit, Tax Foundation. He also talk sports economics at UW-La Crosse for a decade.