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The state Senate has overwhelmingly passed a bill that would allow for a Fox Cities Regional Transit Authority, but the plan is likely dead for the session.  The plan would let voters in the Fox Cities pass referenda to form … Continue reading →

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen on Tuesday called the recovery in the labor market “far from complete,” emphasizing the high numbers of long-term unemployed and part-time workers.

More people have gone to work during the past three months than at any time in decades. Those same three months have seen fewer jobs created than during any similar stretch in more than a year. Both of those statements … Continue reading →

House Republicans are abandoning their plan to lift the debt limit and restore military pension cuts due to flagging support from the rank and file. The announcement was made Tuesday morning in a private GOP meeting.

Though it may be many months before Amazon.com begins accepting applications for jobs at its proposed Kenosha fulfillment center, the company is touting its record of good pay and benefits. Company officials wouldn’t say when the facility would open, but … Continue reading →

The Wisconsin state Assembly is scheduled to vote on Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to spend $35 million on worker training initiatives.  The additional spending up for a vote Tuesday is part of a package of proposals Walker unveiled last month … Continue reading →

New North Executive Director Jerry Murphy is hitting the road more so than ever this year to market northeastern Wisconsin’s diversified economy.  Armed with a business locator guide — it offers insight into the region’s workforce productivity, robust infrastructure and … Continue reading →

When people think about the Milwaukee region, first to mind might be a muscular picture of heavy industry, or a great place to live given its location on the Lake Michigan and the inland lakes, rivers and rolling terrain of … Continue reading →

Wisconsin’s paper mills and printing press operators, collectively the single biggest industrial sector in the state, suffered a setback Thursday when a U.S. Senate committee advanced legislation that would make permanent last month’s temporary 4.3% increase in postal rates.  The … Continue reading →

Inside a two-story construction trailer at Froedtert Hospital, next to the site where a $117 million expansion of the medical facility is underway, the usual engineers and construction managers mill about. But on certain days, they have to squeeze past … Continue reading →