Michael Lucas: The jobs report is worse than you think

The BLS’s favorite and “official” survey of the labor market, the so-called Establishment Survey, reported a total increase of only 12,000 jobs in October. This is the lowest monthly increase in employment in almost four years, which can only mean that the real job growth numbers are actually much worse.

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Jonathan Anderson: A fund to fight government secrecy

The Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council last year awarded a grant to The Badger Project, which together with a watchdog group known as the Invisible Institute is suing the state Department of Justice for refusing to release records about police officers. That case remains pending.

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UW study highlights disparities in heat pump usage

A new UW-Madison study finds minority communities and those with more renters are less likely to use heat pumps — an energy-efficient alternative to other home heating and cooling options.  The study, from researchers in the university’s La Follette School

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Dave Zweifel: Kamala Harris appeals to GenZ voters

Glad to see Kamala Harris spend time in Madison last week conversing with the college kids. What’s been missing in all the mayhem during this campaign has been any serious talk about the real dangers facing us — climate change and the epidemic of gun-related violence.

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Bill Kaplan: ‘No Obamacare’ is on the ballot

Donald Trump continues to denigrate the ACA and says he has “concepts of a plan” to replace the ACA. Likewise, Trump’s running mate J.D. Vance is raising repeal of the ACA, especially prohibitions of annual and lifetime limits on private insurance coverage and refusal to cover people with pre-existing conditions.

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Michael Lucas: The jobs report is worse than you think

The BLS’s favorite and “official” survey of the labor market, the so-called Establishment Survey, reported a total increase of only 12,000 jobs in October. This is the lowest monthly increase in employment in almost four years, which can only mean that the real job growth numbers are actually much worse.

Read More »

Jonathan Anderson: A fund to fight government secrecy

The Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council last year awarded a grant to The Badger Project, which together with a watchdog group known as the Invisible Institute is suing the state Department of Justice for refusing to release records about police officers. That case remains pending.

Read More »

UW study highlights disparities in heat pump usage

A new UW-Madison study finds minority communities and those with more renters are less likely to use heat pumps — an energy-efficient alternative to other home heating and cooling options.  The study, from researchers in the university’s La Follette School of Public Affairs, was published recently in the scientific journal

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Dave Zweifel: Kamala Harris appeals to GenZ voters

Glad to see Kamala Harris spend time in Madison last week conversing with the college kids. What’s been missing in all the mayhem during this campaign has been any serious talk about the real dangers facing us — climate change and the epidemic of gun-related violence.

Read More »

Bill Kaplan: ‘No Obamacare’ is on the ballot

Donald Trump continues to denigrate the ACA and says he has “concepts of a plan” to replace the ACA. Likewise, Trump’s running mate J.D. Vance is raising repeal of the ACA, especially prohibitions of annual and lifetime limits on private insurance coverage and refusal to cover people with pre-existing conditions.

Read More »