By Chris Rochester – A far-reaching package of welfare reform bills will be the focus of a special session of the Legislature called by Gov. Scott Walker on Thursday. Read More Walker Calls Special Session For Ten Welfare Reform Bills
MacIver News Service – Nearly 21,000 Wisconsinites have gained employment after participating in the FoodShare Employment and Training Program, according to new data from Wisconsin’s Department of Health Services. The data suggests that the perks of the program – including career training, stable employment, and higher wages – have attracted newcomers to join on their own. Read More New Data: More Than 20,700 Wisconsinites Have Gained Employment Through Walker’s Welfare Reforms
By M.D. Kittle – On a day devoted to the legacy of Wisconsin’s longest-serving governor and its pioneer welfare reformer, the Legislature’s budget committee took up several welfare reform measures.
Read More Finance Committee Approves Welfare Reform On Tommy@30 Day
MacIver News Service – Governor Walker announced his new welfare reform plan on Monday with the goal of removing barriers between being on welfare and getting a job. He says it’s human nature to want to work, but the welfare system makes it difficult for people trying to work their way up by immediately cutting their benefits off. Read More Gov. Walker Announces New Welfare Reform Plan
MacIver News Service – One and a half years after Gov. Scott Walker’s welfare reforms went into effect, 17,801 Wisconsinites have gained employment through the FoodShare Employment Training (FSET) program. Those individuals continue to garner higher wages and more hours, continuing the prior year’s trend, according to new data released by the Department of Health Services. Read More Data: Nearly 18,000 Wisconsinites Gain Employment After Walker’s Welfare Reforms
Guest Perspective by James Wigderson – City of Waukesha Mayor Shawn Reilly is making his first foray since taking office into commenting on national politics. Unfortunately it is a misguided attempt to badger Wisconsin’s congressional delegation into supporting reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank. Read More Export-Import Bank Offers No More than Corporate Welfare
MacIver Perspective by Rep. Joel Kleefisch – This week, Wisconsin will become the 25th state in the nation to recognize the importance of worker freedom by sending “Right to Work” legislation to the Governor’s desk. Read More Rep. Joel Kleefisch Shares his Thoughts on Right-to-Work
Economist Casey B. Mulligan at the University of Chicago argues that the ACA creates perverse incentives for employees not to work in order to succeed. Read More The ACA: Some Unpleasant Welfare Arithmetic
From The Wall Street Journal – A typical economic recovery would include an increase in job creation, a drop in the unemployment rate, and a large return of workers to the labor force. While the country has seen modest job growth since 2009, when the recession ended, and a drop in the unemployment rate, the labor force has not increased. In fact, it continues to lose workers, and some point to the large amount of welfare programs available from the federal government. Read More Workers Stuck in Disability Stunt Economic Recovery
MacIver News Service | September 26, 2011 | 9:40 am [Madison, Wisc…] The price tag for a controversial streetcar in Milwaukee continues to grow, with the revelation from Wisconsin’s utility regulators that costs to move utility lines for the boutique… Read More State Regulators Tell Lawmakers Two-Mile Milwaukee Train Project Could Require $70 Million in Related Utility Work