Not within the next couple of years, according the Walker Administration’s Wisconsin Economic Outlook, released today.
Category Archives: Wisconsin
Newly Revamped Coincident Indices Indicate … Wisconsin Still Lags
and is forecasted to continue to lag.
Trends in Poverty in Wisconsin
Poverty, estimated using the official criteria and poverty threshold, or including taxes and non-cash benefits, rises in Wisconsin (while the officially reported Census measure declines in the US). [minor edits to clarify MDC 4/23]
Three Four Five Graphs Regarding Wisconsin Economic Policy
Wisconsin employment falls in March; continues to lag the Nation.
Springtime for Walker and Wisconsin
Winter for …
From Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
The University of Wisconsin-Madison will eliminate about 400 positions, most of them vacant, and will close or restructure several academic programs across campus over the next two years in response to state budget cuts, Chancellor Rebecca Blank announced on her blog Friday.
Orwell on Webster Street*
In Madison, WI, that is.
In response to my post on the effort to eliminate the Bureau of Science Services in the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, reader Ed Hanson rises to the defense of the effort.
No Time for Scientists – Wisconsin Edition
With apologies to Mac Hyman …and Andy Griffith
Leaders at the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) are proposing elimination of the Bureau of Science Services within the department.
“Wisconsin job creation rank falls to 38th in U.S.”
That’s the title of an article by John Schmid and Kevin Crowe in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel today, based upon just-released state level data on the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW):
Wisconsin gained 27,491 private-sector jobs in the 12 months from September 2013 through September 2014, a 1.16% increase that ties Wisconsin with Vermont and Iowa at a rank of 38th among the 50 states in the pace of job creation during that period.
Wisconsin Employment Surge “Benchmarked” Away
Wisconsin private nonfarm payroll employment only 112.6 thousands (45%) below Governor Walker’s goal of 250,000 net new jobs.
Some Government Workers Will Get Pay Raises in Wisconsin
From State troopers who protect Governor given $4 an hour pay raise:
Just after Republican lawmakers announced they were rejecting raises for rank-and-file state troopers, Gov. Scott Walker’s administration granted $4-an-hour raises to the State Patrol officers
responsible for protecting the governor.…