Two-Minute Drill

WISCONSIN'S CHAMBER

Two-Minute Drill

Episode 20: Where are we spending $73 billion? The budget breakdown

July 22, 2015

https://youtu.be/gTAqsY2dKJU Find out where Wisconsin will spend billions over the next two years, and where all the cash came from. WMC’s Scott Manley break down

Episode 19: Wisconsin is NOT repealing the weekend

July 15, 2015

https://youtu.be/wW8nWAC51ag Despite dramatically misleading headlines to the contrary, some Wisconsin workers finally have the choice whether to work overtime. In the new state budget signed

Episode 18: State budget lowers borrowing and taxes

July 8, 2015

https://youtu.be/tgbsDVbHGmULegislators spent weeks working behind the scenes, but now the new state budget could cross Governor Walker’s desk as soon as this week. The latest

Episode 17: Hiring headaches for 70 percent of Wisconsin companies

June 17, 2015

https://youtu.be/Izs_RlL-Xfo WMC just heard from hundreds of the state’s CEOs, and a large and growing group say they are having trouble finding qualified workers to

Episode 16: $56,000 per person and counting: our national debt nightmare

June 10, 2015

https://youtu.be/7hKbJIv89Ww Every American already owes more than $56,000 and the debt keeps climbing. WMC President and CEO Kurt Bauer explains why political and cultural causes

Episode 15: Drug screening unemployment recipients could help fill jobs

June 3, 2015

https://youtu.be/fJsGsz2sBYs Lawmakers are working to implement drug screening and testing for some workers on unemployment insurance. The state would provide training and treatment for those

Episode 14: State budget adds funds for skills gap worker training

May 27, 2015

https://youtu.be/ivV7AIvrDwc Lawmakers plan to invest millions more in the Wisconsin Fast Forward program, which started issuing grants last year to help employers pay for job

Episode 13: Wisconsin dairies forced to invest elsewhere

May 20, 2015

https://youtu.be/GkT9-RUiPpg Wisconsin’s complex and costly water permitting rules are pushing new projects out of the state and stalling upgrades back at home. Milk Source reluctantly

Episode 12: Manufacturing tax credit targeted!

May 13, 2015

Short-sighted special interests are trying to stall the Manufacturing and Agricultural Tax Credit before it is fully implemented. The policy, strongly supported by WMC back

Episode 11: Adding auditors would burden Wisconsin businesses

May 6, 2015

https://youtu.be/7_iVnEc4_YU Legislators will consider adding 102 new auditors to help boost funds for the state budget. But some are questioning the kind of message this