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DocumentRogers, J., J. Cleveland, P. Plastrik, and C. Onyeagoro. Opportunities for Developing the Building Retrofit Industry and Market . COWS/Nupolis, 2011.
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DocumentRogers, J., and L. Dresser. “ALEC Exposed: Business Domination Inc.”. The Nation, 2011, pp. 17-20.
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,. Employee-Sponsored Health Insurance in Wisconsin. COWS, 2010.
This report was released in conjunction with the Economic Policy Institute’s report documenting trends in employer-sponsored health insurance (ESI) in the nation and states.
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, M. G. A. Platform for Creating and Retaining Midwestern Jobs in the New Energy Economy. The Council of State Governments, Midwestern Office, 2009.
MGA (Midwestern Governors Association), report outlines strategies for job creation through state policy changes in the Midwest.
COWS’ Sarah White served on the Advisory Board that developed and wrote the platform.
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Rhodes-Conway, S. Wisconsin Apollo State Policy Platform 2008-2009. COWS, 2009.
The Wisconsin Apollo State Policy Platform for 2009 supports the promotion of clean energy manufacturing, to enact tougher appliance efficiency standards, to set higher goals for Wisconsin’s renewable portfolio standard, to make a major state effort in building efficiency, to cap, auction and invest, to create affordable, accessible, and comprehensive public transit systems, and to enact a low carbon fuel standard.
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Boardman, C., and E. Sundquist. “Toward Understanding Work Motivation: Worker Attitudes and the Perception of Effective Public Service”. The American Review of Public Administration, Vol. 39, no. 5, SAGE Publications, 2009, pp. 519-35.
Government reformers in the United States have recently focused on running public agencies more like private firms by emphasizing economic rewards, such as merit pay. Meanwhile, a body of literature has grown that indicates that public servants respond to factors that financially based reward initiatives tend to ignore.
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,. The State of Working Wisconsin - Update 2009. COWS, 2009.
The State of Working Wisconsin – Update 2009 gives a snapshot of the effects of the recession on Wisconsin workers and their families, and reports on other key trends.
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This report evaluates Madison Area Technical College‘s (MATC’s) Science/Math Bridge, a pilot initiative to increase opportunities for lower-skill individuals to access – and succeed in – the college’s science-based postsecondary programs.
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,. Raising Wisconsin’s Minimum Wage. COWS, 2009.
This report makes the case for a higher minimum wage in Wisconsin. Though the July 23, 2009, increase of the federal and state minimum wage to $7.25 will put money in the pockets of 196,000 Wisconsin working adults. A proposal by state leaders to increase the state minimum to $7.60 and index it annually to inflation would bring higher wages to some 316,000 workers and put $108 million dollars into the economy.
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DocumentRogers, J., and K. vanden Heuvel. Metropolis Now. New Statesman, 2009.