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Tough choices for state’s unemployment fund

by WRN Contributor on August 27, 2010

in Economy

The economy continues to take its toll on Wisconsin’s unemployment compensation fund.

The projected deficit is in the billions of dollars, and options range from more borrowing from the feds, decreasing benefits, or raising taxes on employers. [click to continue…]

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Final face off for GOP gubernatorial candidates

by Brian Moon 08/26/10 8:18 AM

The Republican contenders for Governor squared off in their final debate before the September primary. Education often came up during the town hall format which took questions from groups around the state. Milwaukee County Exec Scott Walker said more attention needs to be paid to the needs of the individual UW campuses, rather than the [...]

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A more competitive Wisconsin

by WRN Contributor 08/26/10 12:33 AM

A state lawmaker says the results of an economic study should have Wisconsin taking a hard look at its competitiveness. State Senator Randy Hopper (R-Fond du Lac) was involved in the competitiveness study developed by Be Bold Wisconsin. He says the loss of 178,000 jobs between 2007 and 2009 were among the major findings of [...]

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July homes sales plummet

by Bob Hague 08/24/10 3:57 PM

Sales of existing homes have fallen to a fifteen year low. Bill Malkasian, President of the Wisconsin Realtors Association notes that existing home sales surged in the early spring largely because of a lucrative tax credit program for buyers. Malkasian said July’s drop is not surprising to many people in the industry. “It’s simply the [...]

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Unemployment continues to inch downward

by WRN Contributor 08/19/10 5:17 PM

More people going back to work. Wisconsin’s unemployment rate has declined for a fourth month in a row. Dennis Winters of the state Labor Department says 6500 seasonally adjusted private-sector jobs were added in July. ‘The private sector is adding jobs, our unemployment rate is coming down,” says Winters. “This has been a bit of [...]

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