500,000 American Jobs Just Went Missing!

While the president gloats about the economy and the jobs he’s helped create…the Bureau of Labor Statistics was reporting pretend job numbers. And now they’ve finally come clean: Turns out hiring wasn’t nearly as strong in 2018 and early 2019 as the government initially reported — by about a half-million…

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The “It’s Not Working” News: January Mass Layoff Edition

The January layoff data from the BLS paint a bleak picture of Wisconsin’s economy.  While we await the more comprehensive jobs numbers (Zach asks the question, do you think the numbers will be favorable or unfavorable for Wisconsin?), the layoff data point in a less-than-favorable direction for the Badger State….

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The BizTimes Gets It Wrong

Why can’t we have a better press corps?  Don’t rewrite what you don’t understand.  If you’re going to be a conduit for press releases, just release the damn press releases!

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It’s Really REALLY Not Working, Governor Walker

Wisconsin leads the nation in payroll losses and the only state with a statistically significant decline in employment.

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