Special Session to Focus on Jobs, Economic Climate

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MacIver News Service | December 27, 2010

For years, Wisconsin's economic development policies were reactive. When a business would threaten to leave, attempts would be made to grant them incentives to stay. If a business would leave, the state would add to the millions of dollars already being spent on worker retraining.

A look at the present workforce numbers in Wisconsin paint a bleak picture.

As MacIver News' Bill Osmulski reports, the slight improvement to the unemployment rates in communities around Wisconsin hides the fact that many jobless have dropped out of Wisconsin's pool of job seekers or left the state altogether.

Incoming Governor Scott Walker is calling for a Special Session on Jobs, beginning next week. In this MacIver News exclusive, from which you can use the HD audio and/or video fee and copyright free, Walker explains how lower taxes, regulatory changes and tort reform will create the type of economic climate wherein businesses will create jobs and lead to long-term economic growth here.

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