High Road Strategy Center

State and Local Policy Publications

Below is a list of our reports related to state and local publications, in descending order by year published. Explore other topics here and all High Road Strategy Center reports here.

  • Dresser, L., and J. Rogers. The State of Working Wisconsin: Update 2003. COWS, 2003.

    Every two years, COWS produces The State of Working Wisconsin.

    Relying on data provided by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), COWS offers “The State of Working Wisconsin: Update 2003” as a brief investigation of the effects of the continuing economic slowdown on workers in the state.

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  • ,. Honoring Work in Wisconsin: State Policies to Promote Self-Sufficiency for Working Families. COWS, 2003.

    This report is a direct look at the problems that confront Wisconsin’s working poor families, and good information about how some of those problems can be solved.

    The Annie E. Casey Foundation used the release of five state-level reports to bring working poor families into the spotlight of state and national policy.

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  • Keckhaver, J., and K. Schumann. Wisconsin Green Budget Project: Protecting the Environment While Balancing the Budget. COWS, 2003.

    This COWS and WISPIRG report looks at programs in Wisconsin that are wasting money and harming the environment.

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  • Rogers, J. Little to Celebrate on Labor Day. Wisconsin State Journal, 2003, p. A10.
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  • Boyne, S., and J. Rogers. A Snapshot of Federal Funding to Wisconsin. COWS, 2002.

    Prepared for
    October 14-16, 2002
    Wisconsin Economic Summit 3
    Milwaukee, WI

    Wisconsin’s fiscal crisis has sparked a fierce debate about state tax and spending levels as well as the state’s lack of a comprehensive economic development strategy. Unfortunately most state policymakers have ignored the fact that, in addition to the imbalance that exists within the state between revenues and spending, there is a wide disparity in the financial flows between Wisconsin and the federal government. The sum of federal tax payments that Wisconsinites send to the nation’s capital outpaces federal domestic spending within the state by a wide margin.

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  • Dresser, L., and J. Rogers. The State of Working Wisconsin 2002. COWS, 2002.

    The State of Working Wisconsin, 2002 is our attempt to answer questions regarding the recent recession and unemployment with the best and most recent data available. Drawing on a wide variety of information on family incomes, taxes, wages, unemployment, and poverty, it examines the impact of today’s economy on Wisconsin workers and families.

    Documents include both Full Report and Summary.

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  • Keckhaver, J. Wisconsin Tax Fact Sheets. COWS, 2002.

    A collection of tax facts on various budget and tax issues in Wisconsin.

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  • ,. “Wisconsin Manufacturers Development Consortium Cluster Development Policy in Action”. The Advanced Manufacturing Project, COWS, 2002.

    The Wisconsin Manufacturers Development Consortium (WMDC), in conjunction with the Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership, was formed in 1998 to improve supplier performance and to promote progressive supply management practices in the state of Wisconsin. This is considered an Interim Report.

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  • Cohen, J., and J. Rogers. “Power and Reason”. Deepening Democracy: Institutional Innovations in Empowered Participatory Governance, Verso, 2002, pp. 237-55.

    This chapter in Archon Fung and Erik Olin Wright’s Deepening Democracy: Institutional Innovations in Empowered Participatory Governance, discusses that governments should seek to foster increased and effective public participation in governance and build new arenas for solving problems through citizen deliberation.

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  • Rogers, J. “Taxes Bad Mantra Is Wrong”. The Capital Times, Madison Newspapers, Inc., 2002, p. 7A.

    Sustaining Wisconsin Editorial
    March 11, 2002

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