Browsing: Economic Development

Can we please stop using the word “outsourcing”?

Excerpts of a speech by Woodson Center President and founder Robert L. Woodson Sr. at the Wisconsin Center.

It’s hard to find anyone in Kenosha or Racine counties these days who doesn’t support the construction of an $808 million Hard Rock casino on the site of the now-defunct Dairyland Greyhound Park

Will Mary Burke be the Democrats’ next Patrick Lucey?

I’m not sure who is driving Gov. Scott Walker around nowadays.

The Bureau of Indian Affairs has approved a proposal by the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin to build a casino in Kenosha County. But all that is required to stop the creation of the proposed casino is for Gov. Scott Walker, to say “No”.

By Mike NicholsApril 2013 (Volume 22, No. 1) Josh and Greg Clements grew up in Bloomer atop the seemingly bottomless…

Manitowoc — Kaye Schulz worked at the old Mirro Co. here, mostly as a lathe operator, for almost 35 years. When she…

Kurt Bauer grew up in Beloit and vividly remembers the first time he set foot inside the Ingersoll Milling Machine…

Gov. Walker is in the national vanguard fighting to reverse destructive union gains. By Fred Siegel Fred Siegel is a…

Public workers represent the state’s best traditions By John Nichols I was born and raised in Wisconsin. So were my…

The revolution came to Madison in February, but not the one you think. Sure, Gov. Scott Walker’s efforts to roll…

By now, the political lore is familiar: A major political party, cast aside by Wisconsin voters due to a lengthy…

Peter Barca, a usually levelheaded Democrat, articulated what has been wrong with state government.

The economy dominates every political and policy conversation these days. Some people know what they’re talking about, most do not.…

The stereotype of the typical union member is time-tested. Union Man is a pot-bellied factory worker or tradesman making a…

Our state motto is “Forward,” but Wisconsin is falling behind in the economic race to create jobs and raise family…

As the US implements the transformation of General Motors into “Government Motors,” and the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) and American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) raise government investment and entanglement in the private sector to historic new levels, the question on everyone’s mind is “will it work?”   Oddly enough, clues to the answer of that question may come from an unexpected place:  Iraq.

Begin with disturbing parallels to a classic political screed castigating the anti-business politics of Kansas in 1896. By Charles J. Sykes…

As Wisconsin’s population ages, we will need immigrants in our future workforce to keep our economy vibrant.