Jobless rate inches down

by Bob Hague 11/20/09 12:01 AM

Wisconsin’s unemployment rate decreased in October – but not by much. The state’s unemployment rate is at its lowest point of the year, continuing a decline that began in June and remaining below the national rate. That’s the good news revealed in the October jobless rate, which at 7.6 percent was down just one tenth [...]

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Officials want hunters to watch out for pot farms

by Jackie Johnson 11/19/09 11:18 PM

The state Department of Natural Resources has a message for deer hunters: As you put your sights on that deer, keep your eyes open for marijuana-growing operations and methamphetamine labs.
Bill Engfer is a conservation warden with the DNR. He says if you see something that just doesn’t look right, get out of the area and call [...]

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Rallying against wage theft

by Bob Hague 11/19/09 6:10 PM

We’ve all heard of employee theft, but what about employers who steal from workers? According to Patrick Hickey with Madison’s Workers’ Rights Center, it’s a growing problem. At a rally at the Capitol, Hickey said federal legislation would extend the two year statute of limitations that the Department of Labor has to meet in its [...]

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Biking to the Illinois state line

by WRN Contributor 11/19/09 1:30 PM

Good news for bikers and hikers after action by the state Building Commission. State Representative Spencer Black (D-Madison), a member of the panel, says the commission gave final approval Wednesday to finishing the multi-use Badger State Trail. Black says the final six mile section will connect trails in Fitchburg and Madison with the rest of [...]

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Great American Smoke Out

by Brian Moon 11/19/09 12:17 PM

As the Great American Smoke Out is today some funding to help people kick the habit is getting snuffed out. Tobacco control programs were slashed last budget by 55-percent.
“It’s important that when we encourage people to quit smoking we give them the tools to actually do so,’” says Bob Meyer, Wisconsin Government Relations Director for [...]

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