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The 2024 Year in Review is live!

High Road Strategy Center celebrates a year of high-impact policy and progress.

In 2024, we helped cities and states across the country advance high-road strategies that build more equitable and democratic communities. From safer streets to stronger worker protections, this report highlights the real progress our network made this year. 

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High Road Strategy Center in the News

  • What does Wisconsin’s minimum wage from 2009 mean today?

    "It matters to say this is the standard that we are going to meet. This is what jobs should do," said Laura Dresser, the associate director of High Road Strategy Center at UW Madison. Her research focuses on low-wage work and workforce development systems.

  • Wisconsin’s minimum wage lags behind neighbors

    Laura Dresser, associate director of the High Road Strategy Center, tells WPR that market forces have driven many jobs to post wages around $15 or $16 an hour regardless of the state minimum wage. But Rep Hong says raising the wage floor would ensure that all workers are fairly compensated for their labor.

  • 3 Wisconsin neighbors see minimum wage increases to start the year

    Wages for the lowest-paid workers in Wisconsin have risen faster than pay for higher earners in recent years, fueled by a tight labor market, according to a 2024 report from the High Road Strategy Center.

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