People with concealed weapon licenses would be allowed to carry guns inside the buildings and classrooms of Wisconsin’s public universities and colleges under a bill introduced Monday by two state legislators.
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“Walker…seeking to eliminate the state’s civil service exams…”
… replacing it with a résumé-based system for merit hiring.
I think I know what will be required on the résumés to be hired under the current administration.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article continues:
Republicans have already made changes in recent months, eliminating the Office of State Employment Relations as part of the state budget and replacing it with a new Division of Personnel Management in which Walker can appoint the person responsible for the state’s merit hiring rules.
I wonder if an analogous measure could be profitably applied for university applications. Who needs to do math, or be able to read in order to learn accounting or physics or writing?
Update, 9/29: My colleague Don Moynihan has published a more formal argument for what should and should not be included in civil service reform.
Wisconsin: Where Has the Labor Force Gone?
The Department of Workforce Development released preliminary statistics for August today. Civilian employment remains below the 2008M03 peak; so is the labor force.
“Scott Walker’s exaggerated claims of employment trends in Wisconsin”
That’s the title of WaPo’s FactChecker recap of the Governor’s misrepresentations. Three Pinocchio’s!
“Walker job-creation officials promise to do better”
That’s the title of a La Cross Tribune article:
Officials with Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s floundering job-creation agency promised again to do a better job in the wake of another scathing audit and the departure of their second chief officer in just four years.
Labor Day 2015 in Wisconsin
From the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, October 2014, in re: the $7.25/hour minimum wage.
The Department [of Workforce Development] has determined there is no reasonable cause to believe the wages paid to the complainants are not a living wage.
Heckuva job…
Governor Walker on Responding to the Chinese Economic Situation
From USAToday:
“Americans are struggling to cope with the fall in today’s markets driven in part by China’s slowing economy and the fact that they actively manipulate their economy,” the Wisconsin governor said in a statement. “Rather than honoring Chinese President Xi Jinping with an official state visit next month, President Obama should focus on holding China accountable over its increasing attempts to undermine U.S. interests.”
Wisconsin NFP Employment Almost Reaches Prior Peak
Civilian employment falls to 1.3% below prior peak.
Wisconsin (Not) Outpacing Other States
Wisconsin is not outpacing its neighbors according to the Philadelphia Fed’s coincident indices meant to proxy economic activity; and, contrary to assertions [1], the lagging pace of Wisconsin is not apparently attributable to a milder downturn in Wisconsin.