🏛️Racine County supervisors approve a 2027 budget 15–4 with a 3.8% levy increase

If you cross the county line to work, shop or see family in Racine County, here's what its board just decided. Supervisors approved the 2027 budget Monday, and County Executive Ralph Malicki says it will raise the property-tax levy by 3.8%.

Residents urged supervisors to reject it, and members debated sales-tax revenue, borrowing and reserves. Malicki defended the plan as a response to rising personnel costs and other pressures. In 2027, spending outpaces revenue by about 4%, and Supervisor Ernie Rossie worries the county is building toward a "fiscal cliff."

• Vote: 15–4 by the County Board
• No votes came from Districts 1, 7, 18 and 21