Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Some states see economic benefit from prison farms

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Milwaukee County Parks Director Sue Black's assertion last week that her department lacks the funds to take over the Farm and Fish Hatch...
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Monday, May 17, 2010

New insights into the debate on public sector compensation

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Two local university professors have waded into one of the most controversial public policy questions of our day: is the compensation of gov...
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Friday, April 30, 2010

Some perspective on surpluses

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The City of Milwaukee's recent announcement of a $23 million budget surplus for 2009 - following closely on the heels of Milwaukee Coun...
Thursday, April 29, 2010

Meeting the workforce development needs of healthcare employers in southeast Wisconsin

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A Public Policy Forum survey of healthcare employers finds that despite near-record unemployment rates in the region, southeast Wisconsin’s ...
Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Never waste a good crisis

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Faced with its toughest budget ever, Colorado Springs, Colorado , has made service cuts so severe they've garnered national (and intern...
Monday, April 26, 2010

Local mental health planning effort can learn from others' mistakes

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The need to engage in long-term strategic planning has been a consistent theme from the Public Policy Forum in our analyses of local governm...
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Thursday, April 15, 2010

MPS labor relations and the new superintendent

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Over the past few days, four former MPS superintendents have met in two public forums to share the lessons they have learned about running ...