To the editor: Especially with Wisconsin’s unemployment rate increasing 52 percent from November 2008 to November 2009, efforts to mandate paid sick leave are thoroughly misguided — “Milwaukee sick leave law appeal to get hearing Wednesday,” dailyreporter.com, Jan. 20. Forcing ...

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By MARTIN CRUTSINGER and TALI ARBEL AP Economics Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — A report on unemployment claims and a forecast of U.S. economic activity pointed Thursday to an economy mending slowly, without the job growth needed to fuel a vigorous ...

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By Paul Snyder A state lawmaker wants an unknown amount of leftover stimulus money for unspecified road projects in northern Wisconsin. “I just want to get the message out that there’s more to the state of Wisconsin than Milwaukee and ...

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Paul Snyder [email protected] Lawmakers, faced with Wisconsin’s 8.3 percent unemployment rate, are forming another work group to talk about the problem. That’s not good enough, said state Rep. Rich Zipperer, R-Pewaukee. “I think there’s a lot of frustration on the ...

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