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Right-Wing ALEC Playbook Is Crippling Wisconsin’s Economynew
Small-government proposals are killing jobs, not creating them.
Shepherd Express |
Lisa Kaiser |
02-21-2013 |
Economy
Tags: ALEC Organization
Mr. Jobs: Investment Board Head Discusses Milwaukee's Efforts to Create Employmentnew
When Donald Sykes took over the Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board in 2007, he had decades of experience in training new workers. Now Sykes faces the worst job losses in the United States since 1945, including large layoffs in our area, and a shaky employment future.
Shepherd Express |
Louis Fortis and Lisa Kaiser |
01-23-2009 |
Economy
Credit Unions Thriving in the Chaotic Economynew
At a time when banks look more like wards of the state than the venerated institutions they once were, it's difficult to imagine that anyone is still happy to lend money. But stodgy, dependable, nonprofit credit unions are still chugging along, approving loans to members at reasonable rates.
Shepherd Express |
Ken Reibel |
10-17-2008 |
Economy
Inflation's Bad, But it Could Be Worsenew
Although consumer inflation is at a 17-year high, historically high oil prices are not necessarily to blame. In fact, high oil prices, the economic slowdown and the Chinese work in tandem to keep inflation from becoming even worse.
Shepherd Express |
Ken Reibel |
08-22-2008 |
Economy
Is It Open Season on the 401(k)?new
In yet another troubling sign for the U.S. economy, more Americans are borrowing against their 401(k) retirement plans to make ends meet. What's more, some banks are making it easier by offering people debit cards that tap into their retirement funds.
Shepherd Express |
Ken Reibel |
08-01-2008 |
Economy
Federal Regulators Crack Down on Egregious Credit Card Industry Practicesnew
Under proposed rules, card companies would have to give consumers more time to make payments before charging late fees. If a bill carries two different interest rates, card issuers would be barred from applying payments to the lower interest charge first. They also would be limited in raising the interest rate on an outstanding balance.
Shepherd Express |
Ken Reibel |
05-23-2008 |
Economy
Proposed Mortgage Solution May Not Help Everyonenew
The five-year freeze on mortgage interest rates proposed by President George W. Bush last week is projected by most housing experts to assist only about 20 percent of those facing foreclosure -- those who have managed to keep up with their increasingly expensive mortgage payments.
Shepherd Express |
Dennis A. Shook |
12-14-2007 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
Mortgage 'Rescuers' Are Often Scammersnew
A new bill in Wisconsin would crack down on fraudulent helpers.
Shepherd Express |
Dennis A. Shook |
10-23-2007 |
Economy
Getting Punished for Earning Morenew
Tax and benefit policies make climbing out of poverty difficult.
Shepherd Express |
Dennis A. Shook |
08-13-2007 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
Neighborhoods Hit Hard By Bad Loans & Foreclosuresnew
The drop in the housing market and subsequent failure of subprime mortgage lenders has caused a near panic on Wall Street -- but it is at streets like 20th and Burleigh in Milwaukee where the changes have hit the hardest.
Shepherd Express |
Dennis Shook |
04-09-2007 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
The Broke Generationnew
The cost of getting ahead may be too much for many Gen Xers.
Shepherd Express |
Lisa Kaiser |
04-14-2006 |
Economy
