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Brandon Colligan retweeted
Invest in areas that incentivize people to stay here:
1) raise shared rev. cap, focus public $ on areas that have wide impact on quality of life
2) invest in underfunded UW campuses. They're a 10x multiplier for local economies
3) network effect 1 & 2 to solve other problems
Brandon Colligan retweeted
We all owe a great debt to the Ukrainians. They are reminding us why democracy matters. They are reminding us that it is worth fighting for. And they are reminding us that in this era of fake news and alternative facts, the truth still matters.
Brandon Colligan retweeted
Covid-19 put American infrastructure to the test, and by most measures, it failed. But these failures may also have provided the impetus —unprecedented federal funding — for the U.S. to modernize itself across several different industries. nyti.ms/3cJzpmD
Brandon Colligan retweeted
Really excited to see a program to create regional tech hubs to boost growth in up-and-coming metros remains part of the #BuildBackBetter framework that @POTUS presented this morning.
For more on the idea see this @BrookingsMetro @ITIFdc vision: brookings.edu/research/growt…
Brandon Colligan retweeted
So far, the "Great Resignation" is mostly a blue-collar phenomenon -- job-to-job transitions for non-college grads are soaring. For college grads, they're just returning to pre-Covid levels.
Brandon Colligan retweeted
Lots of ink spilled about today's jobs report, but this is still the big picture: this current recovery, while nowhere near complete is moving much faster than the prior one. Fiscal and monetary stimulus work. Policymakers, please don't step on the brakes!!!!
Brandon Colligan retweeted
Great read from an awesome thinker. Check it out—-> – at Wisconsin, USA
So I wrote a little bit about the hiccups facing the post-pandemic reopening. Problems from labor shortages and bottlenecks are real. The narratives about what's causing them, not so much.
Call it the Reopening Equation.
brandoncolligan.substack.com…
Brandon Colligan retweeted
NEW: There is wide support among the nation’s governors, both Republican and Democrat, for taking in Afghan refugees – only two have said no so far. That’s a big contrast to the Syrian refugee crisis in 2015.
Story w/ @aterkel: huffpost.com/entry/states-af…
Brandon Colligan retweeted
Powell's inflation dashboard
1) Higher prices aren't broad based
2) Surge-price categories are moderating
3) Wages don't suggest "excessive inflation"
4) Long-term expectations have only increased a little
5) Little reason to see global disinflationary forces reversing overnight
Brandon Colligan retweeted
Of the 164 million vaccinated Americans, less than 0.1% have been infected with the coronavirus, and 0.001% have died, according to data from the CDC.
trib.al/jrExoEW
Brandon Colligan retweeted
“It’s great for Milwaukee. It’s great for Wisconsin.”
The 🐐 Herb Kohl walks into @FiservForum for Game 6.
Brandon Colligan retweeted
The celebration in the #DeerDistrict after Bucks win game 3 - 120-100.
Brandon Colligan retweeted
The U.S. economy added 266,000 jobs in April, FAR below expectations. Unemployment rate held at 6.1%.
nytimes.com/2021/05/07/busin…
Brandon Colligan retweeted
Vaccination saved a lot of American lives -- not just by protecting old people, but by limiting the spread of the virus.
We crushed the fourth wave with SCIENCE.
The most impressive US accomplishment of the 1st 100 @POTUS days is having built a wall to fend off a major B.1.1.7 strain surge. Vaccine immunity in >140 million people provided the requisite defense against this more formidable version of the virus.
Brandon Colligan retweeted
.@GovEvers has announced the general framework for spending some of the $3 billion in federal COVID-19 stimulus funds headed to state gov in WI.
-$600 million for small business grant program
-$200 million for infrastructure
-$500 million for statewide pandemic response
Brandon Colligan retweeted
I love the boldness of a $100M evergreen Fund of Funds for Wisconsin startups. The most aggressive, pro-entrepreneurship proposal I’ve seen. madison.com/wsj/news/local/g…
