Category: Workforce

WISCONSINREPORT.COM (02/24/2015) – Opponents of the controversial Right To Work legislation Wisconsin Republican lawmakers hope to pass, are upset over the Senate Labor Committee hearing being closed down early tonight (Tuesday). They fear lower wages would result, if the bill is passed, which would cause hardship for families and, ultimately affect the economy, because people wouldn’t have as much discretionary money to spend.

WISCONSINREPORT.COM (02/10/2015) – Canadian American Homes Inc. (Can Am) has purchased the assets of Liberty Homes Inc., Dorchester, WI, and will be reopening Liberty’s plants in Clark County. The reopening is expected to create about 150 jobs in central Wisconsin over the next few years.

WISCONSINREPORT.COM (01/14/2015) – In his State of the State address this week, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker announced that the Wisconsin Comeback is Working. He went on to list some Walker Facts to support the notion. Facts that were well received by some, and Not So Much by others.

WISCONSINREPORT.COM (01/08/2015) – Wisconsin JC Penney stores in Oshkosh, Racine and Shawano are scheduled to close this year, leaving more state residents without work. The closings are just a fraction of the JC Penneys cutbacks nationwide.

WISCONSINREPORT.COM [WiscReport.com] (01/04/2015) Wisconsin ended 2014 with 491 traffic fatalities, which was the lowest number of deaths and the first time below 500 fatalities since 1943 when 417 people died in crashes, according to preliminary statistics from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT). State traffic deaths in 2014 also were down 36 (approximately a 7 percent reduction) from 2013 when 527 people died and 68 fewer than the five-year average of 559 deaths. “There is no single factor that led to this reduction in traffic fatalities to the lowest total since 1943 when the number of vehicles and the miles traveled on Wisconsin roads were a fraction of what they