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Numbers and nuggets from trends in Wisconsin — on everything from the state’s tax rankings to our workforce shortage to the growth in occupational licensing to corrections to the transportation funding dilemma to the decline of the mainstream media.

NBC26 in Green Bay reports on two bills signed into law by Gov. Scott Walker modifying licensure requirements for professions like cosmetologists and barbers. “It’ll make it easier for them to gain entry into these professions,” said Badger Institute VP Michael Jahr.