Year: 2017

A report from COWS wants to remind Wisconsinites that the health of the economy can’t be encompassed in a single statistic.   http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/govt-and-politics/report-wisconsin-unemployment-rate-great-but-other-economic-factors-are/article_33763e0e-8d29-52e8-a595-98416d23c3c4.html

Even as the state’s unemployment rate declines, Wisconsin workers face significant barriers to economic stability, according to a new look at the state’s labor market. Long-term stagnation in wages, a black/white economic disparity that is …

COWS and Wisconsin Budget Project Report “Pulling Apart 2017” in Business North.   http://www.businessnorth.com/kuws_wisconsin_public_radio/wisconsin-s-income-gap-continues-to-grow/article_4245f784-8e70-11e7-b2df-d788bd3961ac.html

COWS and Wisconsin Budget Project Report “Pulling Apart 2017” in The Capital Times.   http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/roundup/morning-briefing-outgoing-sheriff-clarke-expected-to-take-job-in/article_c910fe76-8f10-11e7-8f97-b30e6a809ad1.html

COWS and Wisconsin Budget Project Report “Pulling Apart 2017” in The La Crosse Tribune.   http://lacrossetribune.com/news/local/state-and-regional/income-inequality-in-wisconsin-at-highest-level-since-great-depression/article_dfe1450b-e024-5556-8065-af18ee64a96d.html

COWS and Wisconsin Budget Project Report “Pulling Apart 2017” in The Amery Free Press.   http://www.theameryfreepress.com/news/economic-recovery-continues-in-polk-county-but-poverty-persists/article_a791848a-8db4-11e7-bff7-df8b2f5bc0d4.html

COWS and Wisconsin Budget Project Report “Pulling Apart 2017” in The Capital Times.   http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/education/university/report-income-gap-in-wisconsin-remains-wide/article_757fa9a8-4f46-5dd3-ba4f-5ce4a59c07ec.html

COWS and Wisconsin Budget Project Report “Pulling Apart 2017” in The Wisconsin Gazette.   http://www.wisconsingazette.com/news/report-income-inequality-near-record-levels-in-wisconsin/article_db423c1e-7c77-11e7-b742-db3a89c524ad.html

Pulling Apart 2017 in Urban Milwaukee.   Wisconsin Budget: State’s Wealth Gap Keeps Growing

Patty Murray interviews with Associate Director Laura Dresser on the new report Pulling Apart 2017.   Wisconsin Budget: State’s Wealth Gap Keeps Growing