Wisconsin’s 106-year-old labor commission would vanish and Gov. Scott Walker’s administration would decide workplace disputes, including workers’ compensation disputes, in its place under a budget proposal up being considered by the the Legislature’s finance committee. Walker’s plan to eliminate the …
A group of healthcare stakeholders have asked Gov. Scott Walker to consider how self-insuring state workers could affect Wisconsin’s economy and its health care market. The Wisconsin Hospital Association, the Wisconsin Medical Society and a dozen other groups said the …
Gov. Scott Walker says the U.S. Small Business Administration will make low-interest disaster loans available for people and businesses in western Wisconsin affected by flash flooding in September. The SBA lists Vernon County, along with the contiguous counties of Crawford, …
Gov. Scott Walker has signed a bill that gives the Legislature’s budget committee oversight of any contract moving Wisconsin public workers into a self-insurance system. The governor signed the bill privately on Dec. 16. The measure comes as Walker’s administration …
Wisconsin’s troubled job-creation agency handed out more awards last year but created fewer jobs, according to its annual report. The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation awarded nearly $90 million more in economic development awards last year than the previous year, according …
