Volume 1, Issue 27
 
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The Wisconsin unemployment rate for June 2007 was 5.3 percent. The total number of jobs in the state increased by 8,100 over June 2006. 
 
Source: Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development



CapitolWCA has completed a full analysis of the 2007-2009 State Budget as passed by the Assembly. 
 
Read here how this budget will impact counties and taxpayers in Wisconsin.

Listen here as Mark O'Connell guest hosts on the popular WISN radio show, "Business Solutions with Diane Chamness."  The topic for the July 21, 2007 show was transportation and the economy.  Mark O'Connell's guest was Transportation Development Association Executive Director Craig Thompson.
 
Please Note:  Due to the size of download and the speed of your internet connection, streaming before playback begins may take one-to-three minutes. 

Van HollenAttorney General J.B. Van Hollen has issued a legal opinion regarding county board removal.  
 
Read the opinion  here.

DilibertiDan Diliberti, Milwaukee County Treasurer, recently accepted a 2007 NACo Achievement Award for Innovation and Modernization of Treasury Funds.  The awards were handed out at a ceremony at the NACo Annual Conference in Richmond, Virginia earlier this month

The Wisconsin Alliance of Cities, the League of Wisconsin Municipalities and the Wisconsin Counties Association are sponsoring a forum on the 'Healthy Wisconsin' health care plan at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, August 14 at the Concourse Hotel in Madison.

 

Tentative speakers include State Sen. Jon Erpenbach (D-Middleton) and David Riemer of the Wisconsin Health Plan.

 

Please mark your calendars and plan to attend.  Stay tuned to future issues of WCA eNews for additional information.

 

 

Detailed conference information and registration materials are now available for the 2nd Annual Midwest Government Performance Conference October 22-23, 2007 in Rochester, MN. For more information, click here

 
 
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