edited by: Chris Liebenthal,
Wisconsin Editor
Shortly after jobless claims numbers were released, Sen. Russ Feingold issued a statement announcing the introduction of a jobs tax credit bill:
“Today’s jobs report clearly shows we need to do more to help people get back to work. With the unemployment rate at 10.2 percent, the highest since the [...]
Their own jobs, I suspect.
Growing discontent over the economy and frustration with efforts to speed its recovery boiled over Thursday on Capitol Hill in a wave of criticism and outright anger directed at the Obama administration.
Episodes in both houses of Congress exposed the raw [...]
CALL TO ACTION: Take the time to contact Senators Kohl and Feingold today by calling the Senate switchboard at (202)-224-3121, and oppose any bill that increases taxes, raises premiums, kills jobs and puts bureaucrats between patients and doctors.
10 things you should know about Reid's govt-run health care takeover...
1. $493 Billion [...]
What the evidence suggests is that the economic situation in [...]
Posted in Cartoons Tagged: Employment [...] 
Most of Courthouse custodial staff calls in sick
19 of the 25 county custodial workers called in sick today in an obvious job action… I’d mail their last check to their home address.
[...]Ouch, that smarts.
Wisconsin employers cut 129,600 jobs since October 2008, the steepest year-to-year plunge in 70 years of data.
The state Department of Workforce Development is scheduled report on job losses and unemployment midday Thursday. But preliminary estimates from a state database and historical figures from the [...]
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1. Obama will do a passable job. He’ll get a couple of big domestic things passed–health care and a jobs bill. He’ll be pretty moderate foreign policy-wise, using diplomacy and not making huge changes.
2. Dems will suffer some defeats in congress next go-round. 50/50 we’ll lose one house [...]
