Walker talks WI skills gap initiative

By   /  May 17, 2013  /  WatchBlog, Wisconsin WatchBlog  /  4 Comments

Gov. Scott Walker talking job creation during his State of the State address earlier this year. Walker on Friday met with the Council on Workforce Investments to discuss initiative to meet the Badger State's 'skills gap.'

By M.D. Kittle | Wisconsin Reporter
MADISON – Gov. Scott Walker on Friday met with the new Council on Workforce Investments to discuss his initative to fill Wisconsin’s so-called skills gap.
“We are pursuing an aggressive agenda to help job creators expand and fill good, family-supporting jobs,” Walker said in a statement. “A skilled and well-trained workforce [...]

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Overcriminalization costing U.S. dearly in treasure and liberty, experts say

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The federal government's massive criminal code and its plethora of regulations have turned the Land of the Free into an overcriminalized nation, say reformers like U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wisconsin.

By M.D. Kittle | Wisconsin Reporter
MADISON — You are probably a criminal.
You just may not know it.
With some 4,500 federal crimes on the books and, by conservative estimates, more than 300,000 regulations that carry a criminal penalty, law experts say the chances of an average American unwittingly committing a federal crime in his lifetime are pretty [...]

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Week in Review: Peace in Madison, scandal in Washington

By   /  May 17, 2013  /  Wisconsin  /  No Comments

Walker talk

By M.D. Kittle | Wisconsin Reporter
MADISON — Thank goodness the Dalai Lama stopped by.
There was so much scandal and nastiness in Washington, D.C., this week that it was nice to get a little peace in Madison, when Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, paid a call on the city, the Legislature and Gov. Scott Walker.
It was a [...]

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DWD says nasty weather dampens April jobs numbers, but two-year totals up 62,000

By   /  May 16, 2013  /  WatchBlog, Wisconsin WatchBlog  /  1 Comment

By M.D. Kittle | Wisconsin Reporter
MADISON – April was a rough month for Wisconsin’s employment picture, at least as drawn by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The latest BLS employment data, released Thursday, show Wisconsin’s private sector shed 22,600 jobs in April, on a seasonally adjusted basis.
But state numbers crunchers, who already hold a deep [...]

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For a fee: Measure aims to protect WI taxpayers

By   /  May 16, 2013  /  Accountability, Featured, Legislature, Local Government, News, Property Taxes, Tax Reform, Taxes, Taxes versus Fees, Wisconsin  /  1 Comment

A measure put into Gov. Scott Walker's proposed budget prohibits municipalities from charging fees for services previously financed with property taxes, unless there is a corresponding property tax cut.

It may be back to the drawing board for Wisconsin officials who want to exceed their local spending authority.

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