by Bob Hague
03/11/10 6:31 PM
Unemployment was up in the first month of this years, and 2009 saw massive job losses. Unemployment in Wisconsin rose slightly in January to 8.7 percent, up two-tenths of a percent from December, according to state figures. The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development reported Thursday that the unemployment rate was 1.6 percentage points higher than [...]
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by Andrew Beckett
03/11/10 2:59 PM
Millions of unspent transportation dollars could be returned to the federal government, under a proposal from U.S. Senator Russ Feingold.
The Wisconsin Democrat is offering an amendment to an aviation bill in the Senate that would reclaim money that was set aside for transportation projects that haven’t moved in years. Feingold says the plan could help [...]
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