The Roadmap to Equity: A Two Generation Approach to Reducing Racial Disparities in Dane County is a response to the data on the county’s severe racial disparities first identified in the Race to Equity Baseline Report released in October of 2013. The Roadmap is organized around the broad theme of “Supporting More Parents to Succeed in Today’s Economy; Preparing More Young People to Succeed in Tomorrow’s World.” It calls upon all sectors of the community to work toward three overarching and inter-related goals.
At the Start of the New Year, Minimum Wages Went up in 21 States. Wisconsin Wasn’t One of Them.
Low-paid workers across the country are getting raises because 21 states and 35 cities and counties increased their minimum wages around the beginning of the year. Those raises will lift workers out of poverty, help struggling families make ends meet, and make it...