Labor shortage stems from minority education gap, the demise of Illinois' flat tax, economic impact of UW satellite campuses is overstated

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** Labor shortage stems from minority education gap
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Lack of minority high school and college grads and wide prosperity gaps will only exacerbate the region’s growing employee shortage, Milwaukee business leaders fear. Read the whole story here ([link removed]) .
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The demise of Illinois' flat tax
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Switching to a progressive income tax structure would drive Illinois even further behind Wisconsin. Read the report here ([link removed]) .
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** Economic impact of UW campuses is overstated
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Outside of UW-Madison, the argument that the colleges have huge multiplier effect on communities and the state is nonsensical. Read more about it here ([link removed]) .

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