Waukesha County began serious consideration of a sales tax. Now the county will remain one of only two in the state without one.

(The Center Square) – Waukesha County’s proposed sales tax is dead, and the county’s business community is happy to see it go. Waukesha County Executive Paul Farrow told county leaders this week he is scuttling his proposed half-percent sales tax. The Waukesha County Business Alliance was one of the first groups to publicly oppose the tax.

Waukesha County Executive Paul Farrow on Tuesday announced the sales tax ordinance introduced in October of 2024 is officially dead. The tax was proposed to help pay