As we hope to gear up to raise the age of adult court jurisdiction to 18 in Wisconsin, this issue is attracting national attention as well. A recent item by CNN.com, titled States Rethink 'Adult Time for Adult Crime' highlights progress in Illinois and Connecticut as well as discussions going on in New York and North Carolina. Too often...
Yesterday, WCCF released its 2009-10 WisKids Count data book, "Jobs Count: Helping Wisconsin Families Thrive Through New Opportunities." In addition to the usual array of data on many key indicators of child well-being, this year's book features an essay on employment, access to training and postsecondary education, work supports, and...
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) created or saved 44,000 jobs in Wisconsin, according to a new report. The Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) released an analysis last week detailing the national and state impact through the end of 2009 of ARRA funds.In the last quarter of 2009, the federal government outlayed $84.4...
Next week, the legislature is back in session. Both houses will be in session on Tuesday, January 19. They may also be in session on Thursday, January 21. On Tuesday, the State Senate will vote on Senate Bill 43, bipartisan campaign finance reform legislation requiring disclosure of the donors and regulation of the money utilized by...
After a multi-year campaign to start 4-year-old kindergarten in Madison, the Madison school board voted on Monday to join the 80% of Wisconsin school districts with a universal 4K program. The first year of implementation will be 2011-12, and it will be a community collaboration between MMSD and accredited ECE providers. As Supt. Dan...
One of the go-to arguments of the anti-tax camp is that high and growing property tax burdens are forcing lots of elderly people out of the homes they have lived in for decades. Well, according to a new study by Prof. Andy Reschovsky of UW's La Follette School of Public Affairs and economists Rebecca Boldt and Bradley Caruth of the WI...
There will be lots of action in the Capitol this week. Right now, there are a dozen public hearings scheduled Tuesday through Thursday. Here is a list of all the committee hearings scheduled. On Wednesday, the Joint Audit Committee will decide if an audit is needed for the Medical Assistance Program and Educational Programs for Working...
The State Legislature starts the new year with a busy week of hearings. On Tuesday, the Senate Education Committee, chaired by Senator John Lehman (D-Racine), will hold a hearing on Senate Bill 405, which changes the governance structure of Milwaukee Public Schools by making the superintendent a mayoral appointee. The hearing will be...
For those interested in "not so light" reading but in thinking about how various conceptual approaches to juvenile delinquency have developed over time - borrowing from classic crime control approaches to deterrence theories to more recent outcome-based approaches and even more recently youth development ideas - there is an interesting...
You’re motoring along in your Chevy when you notice that your passenger side tires have lost a lot of air, causing the car to list dangerously to the right. So you stop at the nearest service station to let some air out of the tires on the driver’s side to level it out. A press release issued Monday by Wisconsin Manufacturers and...
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