Published May 22, 2013
An unexpected job loss is a shock to your system and an absolutely frightening experience. It takes you through an array of unfamiliar emotions. Uncertainty, anxiety, anger and stress can all set in very quick.
Published Feb. 13, 2013
Eugene Kane wanted to know if the Liberty Tax Guy on the freezing corner planned to watch the State of the Union address. So he asked.
Published Jan. 11, 2012
What's the real picture on joblessness in Milwaukee? At a conference I attended this past weekend titled OneMilwaukee and sponsored by the NAACP, Mayor Tom Barrett estimated that there are 30,000 people out of work presently and up to 20,000 jobs lost in the city since 2007. He went on to describe the dilemma he faces as mayor.
Published May 22, 2011
To keep the work flowing, John Krampf, the owner of the Bay View-based Cream City Resumes, recently launched a contest asking people to write about their worst job ever. The top prize went to a former fast food worker who was berated over a diet soda.
Published May 15, 2010
Steve Jagler is back with further proof that the economy -- since many refuse to believe -- is starting to recover.
President Barack Obama's proposal to cut the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) tax would cost the Social Security Trust Fund about $240 billion in 2012 .(1) This proposal is a dagger aimed at the heart of the system that most seni...
The spirit of bipartisanship has not yet transformed intensely partisan Washington D.C., but is evident in substantive as well as symbolic ways. Members of Congress may not be tossing bouquets across the partisan divide, but they did blur party lines in sitting together for Pres. Barack Obama's...
Pres. Barack Obama's visit to Manitowoc, Wisconsin, the day after his January 2011 State of the Union address is the latest in a series to this important swing state, and carries national political implications. He carried Wisconsin by a comfortable margin in 2008, but Republicans were state and ...
The just concluded G20 summit in London has underscored the seriousness and complexity of our global economic challenges, but also the determination of member governments to address these vexing problems. Discussions were focused, concrete outcomes resulted and there is room for optimism. &...
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