Laura Dresser spoke as part of the Tax Reform Bus Tour at the Wisconsin State Capitol.
UniverCity Year partnered with the Green County Development Corporation to address a host of community challenges and projects. By matching UW faculty and students with areas of community need, the partnerships are producing tangible benefits and making a lasting difference throughout Green County.
Read about, and view photos of, all the honorees.
"We used to expect the middle class to grow. That was kind of a given. And we’ve had nearly 20 years where it hasn’t," said Laura Dresser.
Full article here.
In appreciation, the Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Madison recognizes individuals and programs that create lasting connections between UW–Madison and Wisconsin communities. The Community-University Partnership Awards celebrates those who create innovative approaches to education, health, the arts, community service, business, scientific inquiry and civic involvement. These partnerships represent prime examples of the Wisconsin Idea in practice across our community. The reception will include presentation of the LaMarr Billups Community Engagement Award.
A University of Wisconsin-Madison program that connects students and faculty with local governments to solve problems is going outside of the Madison area for the first time.
A recent study from a Wisconsin think tank suggests that state could increase energy-related jobs and keep money within the state’s borders if it moved away from fossil fuel usage. We turn to the researchers behind the report to consider this and to understand the possible effects on the environment and public health.
Tuesday, February 12, 2019
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Green Jobs Could Be Good For Wisconsin Workforce
COWS report here
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Moving away from fossil fuels could create thousands of jobs, improve public health, and increase overall economic activity by nearly $14 billion in Wisconsin, according to a new study by COWS.
The election win wasn’t just about Congress. Many of the openings for democratic reform will be in the states.
“We will have people in charge who are actually interested in the project of running government well. This feels enormous, especially for the environment and social services,” says Laura Dresser, associate director of COWS(the Center on Wisconsin Strategy), a research center based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “Leadership that is committed to protecting water and resources, to enforcing the law and believing in science: This makes for a better Wisconsin, where state workers can actually do their jobs.”
As director of the UniverCity Alliance at UW-Madison, Gavin Luter tries to bridge the gap between academia and the “real world.”
Despite policies meant to encourage alternatives to cars, traffic in cities has actually increased faster than population.
From 1990 to 2015, the metropolitan population has gone up some 30 percent while urban interstate lane miles have increased 68 percent, according to a new report, and accompanying webinar, from SSTI and the Mayors Innovation Project.
Laura Dresser, associate director of COWS, says one key difference is that the Twin Cities metropolitan area, at 3.5 million people, is far larger than that of Milwaukee, home to 1.5 million people. Full story here.
Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership (WRTP)/BIG STEP and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) are stepping up to discuss strategies with Invenergy.
As Wisconsin becomes more and more diverse, so do its high school graduates. In 2000, for example, 10 percent of high school graduates in Wisconsin were students of color. By 2016, that number had more than doubled to 22 percent. But how are they fairing in the post-high school higher-education world?
One of the nation’s largest companies is raising its minimum wage for all of its workers. Starting next month, Amazon will pay all its American employees $15 a hour, which is more than double the federal minimum wage. But will other companies follow suit? This hour, economist breaks down the significance of Amazon’s pay hike, the economics of raising the minimum wage, and whether Wisconsin could sustain a move to $15 an hour.
Interview with Laura Dresser on the State of Working Wisconsin.
A look at Wisconsin’s economic recovery since the Recession of 2008 and the people who have been left behind, and inteview with Laura Dresser on Lake Effect, WUWM’s locally-produced magazine program.
UW Study Finds Job Increases, High Productivity And Slow Wage Growth.