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Wisconsin Must Avoid the Energy Mistakes of Germany
December 15, 2014
Renewable energy advocates hold up the German experience as an example of successful energy policymaking with some going so far as to call it a
Continuing Wisconsin’s Era of Reform
December 8, 2014
By Kurt R. Bauer Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce Wisconsin’s transformation from an anti-business to a pro-business state has been remarkable, but it is also incomplete.
Another False War on Women (Again)
October 7, 2014
By Scott Manley Vice President of Government Relations Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce Liberal Democrat lawmakers recently joined a handful of left wing activist groups to
Keep Wisconsin "Open For Business"
October 6, 2014
By Kurt R. Bauer President/CEO Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce – Wisconsin’s Chamber The State Chamber of Commerce conducts an economic survey of member CEOs twice
These Aren't Your Grandpa's Environmentalists
August 12, 2014
Eric Bott Director of Environmental & Energy Policy Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce In 1909, the man who coined the term “Conservation Ethic,” U.S. Forest
Making Wisconsin Irresistible to Business
July 15, 2014
By Kurt R. Bauer WMC President/CEO Wisconsin’s working-age population will grow by just 0.4 percent by 2030, according to the UW-Madison Applied Population Lab. During
How to Accelerate the Economic Recovery
December 2, 2013
WMC News Column By Kurt R. Bauer, WMC President/CEO It looks like the U.S. economy grew somewhere between 2.5 and 3 percent in 2013. That
Editorial: Status Quo Policies Will Yield Status Quo Economy
December 2, 2012
By Kurt R. Bauer President/CEO, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce While I don’t know what the economy will be like in 2013, I strongly suspect most businesses
Legislature Must Seize Opportunity to Create Mining Jobs
November 29, 2012
News Column By Scott Manley, WMC Director of Energy and Environmental Policy An opportunity to create thousands of family-supporting jobs was lost earlier this year
Changing the Dialogue: Selling Manufacturing One Conversation at a Time
October 1, 2012
By Jim Morgan, WMC Foundation President Why do parents speak with great pride about their 4-year university-bound children, but when discussing their technical college student