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Wednesday, April 23,2008
Income Inequality “Attacks Common Sense”
In the late 1980s, Wisconsin was ranked as the fifth most equal state in income distribution. Since then, the state has dropped to 11th, and the gap continues to widen, according to the Center on Wisconsin Strategy (COWS) and the Wisconsin Council on Children and Families (WCCF).
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Wednesday, April 9,2008
Milwaukee’s New Economy
There was a time when an area’s prosperity was directly linked to its natural resources, low-cost labor and tax incentives. The Mountain West mined. The Plains States grew wheat and corn. The Pacific Northwest cut lumber. Cities along the Great Lakes, like Milwaukee, blessed with cheap transportation...
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Wednesday, April 9,2008
Why Should Companies Be Socially Responsible?
Corporate social responsibility has come a long way since 1970, when economist Milton Friedman called its advocates “unwitting puppets of the intellectual forces that have been undermining the basis of a free society for three decades.”
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Wednesday, April 9,2008
States Taking Lead on Energy Independence
Frustrated by lack of leadership at the national level, more states are turning to energy efficiency initiatives to secure their own futures. Wisconsin recently entered the fray with Clean Energy Wisconsin, which is aimed at making the state a leader in alternative energy research and development.
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Blogging Blue: Hardin removed from MPS ballot
As first reported by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Charlene Hardin, a 12 year veteran of the Milwaukee School Board, has been removed from the February 17th primary ballot due to an insufficient number of signatures on her nominating paperwork (emphasis mine):
Hardin needed 400 valid signatures to reach the ballot, Election [...]
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