Here are the key questions and answers for employees, employers and communities as they navigate a tight labor market in Wisconsin, according to experts who participated in the discussion.
Paul Adams Rix, a former state government reporter for the Wisconsin State Journal, died Wednesday, Dec. 15, in Mequon. He was 74.
Rix spent his career as a newspaper and magazine reporter. He joined the State Journal in 1978 as a member of the newspaper's Capitol reporting team. Prior to his time with the Madison newspaper, he worked at the Clintonville Tribune and five years at the Kankakee (Ill.) Daily Journal.
Murray Cohen, who owned the Delphos Herald newspaper group that includes three Wisconsin newspapers, died Tuesday, Dec. 7. He was 92.
In 1962, Cohen purchased his first newspaper, The Delphos Herald, a weekly publication in northwestern Ohio. Over time, he went on to buy more than a dozen weekly newspapers in Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky. In Wisconsin, Cohen's group owns the Vilas County News-Review in Eagle River, the Waushara Argus in Wautoma and The Three Lakes News.
Wisconsin property taxpayers should see one of the smallest increases in years on their December tax bills, with levies for school districts barely rising, technical college levies declining for only the second time in at least two decades, and a state tax credit rising sharply.
Many are still recovering from a rare December severe weather event on Dec. 15 that brought more than a dozen tornadoes and strong winds across parts of Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
At least 393,810 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been wasted in Wisconsin since the vaccines became available in December 2020, according to state DHS numbers reviewed by WisBusiness.com in mid-December.
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Newly released results of statewide testing last spring appear to confirm that student learning suffered in Wisconsin amid the COVID-19 pandemic. But a surge in students missing the exams — particularly in the largest districts and among less privileged groups — undercut the data’s value.
Polco users and readers visiting WNA member websites from Dec. 1 to 14 were asked how concerned they were about the omicron variant of COVID-19. Out of 580 respondents, 42% said they were somewhat concerned about the variant, while 28% expressed no concern and 27% said they were very concerned. Twenty-two respondents (4%) said they were unsure.
This poll question and results were made available through a partnership between the WNA and Polco, a national civic engagement company based in Madison, to help Wisconsin newspapers better engage readers and access enhanced data and insights.
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