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Palmer College chiropractic student Amanda Berkley testifies in favor of 2017 AB 834 before the Wisconsin Assembly Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform on January 18, 2018
2017 AB 834 would lower score required for successful completion of chiropractic examinations.
Several regulations removed from the books, freeing professionals from onerous and unneeded requirements
Measures lift onerous restrictions on barbers and cosmetologists that stifle careers and businesses.
In London, American swimmer Katie Ledecky won an Olympic gold medal at the age of 15.
Claiming to have a workforce strategy without a real strategy to attract and retain people makes little sense.
By Tom Hefty
June 28, 2017
UW students can’t launch Uber-like haircut business in Wisconsin without action from Legislature
Albert Walker, whose clients include many Packers players, has years of experience but can’t run his own shop
Ex-offender Albert Walker and Packer Mike Daniels discuss Walker’s new barber lounge in Green Bay. The shop is in jeopardy due to an onerous and unnecessary state licensing law.
Wisconsin currently licenses hundreds of professions. Some of those are unobjectionable, but other licenses are problematic.
Beauty school graduate from Milwaukee just wants to work but has been thwarted for over a year.
“How often do ethics change in massage therapy?” she wonders.
“We’re not playing with people’s lives. We’re playing with people’s hair,” Krissy Hudack says.
Beauty school graduate just wants to work but has been thwarted for over a year.
“We’re not playing with people’s lives. We’re playing with people’s hair,” says northern Wisconsin salon owner.
Wisconsin cannot afford the status quo on its corrections policy. Programs across the nation that are working to reduce recidivism should be part of the state’s strategy.
Authors include Michael Flaherty, Marie Rohde, Michael Jahr, Janet Weyandt, Joe Stumpe and Gerard Robinson.
Milwaukee JobsWork pursues a multi-level business strategy based on the conviction that sustainable employment leads to self-sufficiency and local business growth is necessary for expanded opportunities.
The Joseph Project addresses regional employment challenges with a free-market approach.
We need to know why nearly half of liberal arts graduates from our state’s top university regret the way they spent their money.
Many of LakeView Technology Academy’s graduates are leaving high school with half of an associate’s degree in their pockets. Others are entering four-year universities as second-semester freshmen.
Lori A. Weyers, president of Northcentral Technical College in Wausau, says the IT worker shortage is reaching a “crisis” stage.

