Unemployment rate falls to 3.8 percent in January

Wisconsin in January had an unemployment rate of 3.8 percent, less than the national average of 6.3 percent but still above pre-pandemic levels. The latest data from the Department of Workforce Development showed the state in January gained 3,700 more

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WED AM Update: GOP Building Commission members signal they may send capital budget to JFC without recommendation

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The GOP members of the Building Commission are signaling they’ll move at today’s meeting to send Gov. Tony Evers’ capital budget to the Joint Finance Committee without a recommendation. Republican lawmakers on the commission tried a similar tactic

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Unemployment rate falls to 3.8 percent in January

Wisconsin in January had an unemployment rate of 3.8 percent, less than the national average of 6.3 percent but still above pre-pandemic levels. The latest data from the Department of Workforce Development showed the state in January gained 3,700 more jobs compared to December, a 0.2 percent change. But, overall,

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Biden administration’s trade approach may benefit Wisconsin’s economy

The Biden administration will open markets and opt for multilateral trade agreements, benefitting Wisconsin’s trade economy, according to a global affairs expert. Jeremi Suri, a global affairs professor at the University of Texas at Austin, discussed the controversial trade relationship between the U.S. and the rest of the world during

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