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Editor’s note: This blog was written in response to BizTimes Milwaukee editor Andrew Weiland’s recent column, “State needs more population growth.” The common lament in the Milwaukee and Wisconsin business community is one of frustration and concern at our brain drain and inability to get young talent to stay in or move to Wisconsin (especially Milwaukee, and don’t even get me started on our inability to attract talented people of color to Milwaukee or Wisconsin), hence Wisconsin’s multi-million dollar campaign to lure millennials from Chicago. Madison and Dane County are leaders in the game for talent. I have long held the view that if the state capital and the flagship university were in Milwaukee, and if Milwaukee had the land mass size of Dane County (which would fit all of Milwaukee, Waukesha and Ozaukee counties combined), Milwaukee too would be an intellectual and economic powerhouse just as Minneapolis is, but alas that is not our situation. … [Read more...] about Milwaukee Biz Blog: To attract millennials state needs to protect LGBT rights

ABOVE: A coalition is seeking to unseat anti-LGBT Democrat Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.), but he has support from House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). Washington Blade photo of Pelosi by Michael Key; photo of Lipinski public domain. The nation’s largest LGBT advocacy group is spearheading a $1.3 million effort to unseat from Congress a nearly extinct animal — an anti-LGBT Democrat — in an upcoming primary, but that effort runs contrary to the position of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). Weeks before the primary on March 20, the Human Rights Campaign has launched an independent expenditure campaign to defeat Rep. Dan Lipinski, who represents Illinois’s 3rd congressional district. Ben Needham, director of strategic initiatives for the Human Rights Campaign, said in a phone interview with the Washington Blade on Friday the effort involves a multi-pronged approach. “We are spending $1.3 million collectively to … [Read more...] about Pelosi, HRC on opposite sides over re-election of anti-LGBT Democrat

President Trump is touting the Republican tax reform plan as his first legislative win as Congress sends the legislation to his desk, but LGBT rights supporters are warning about expected negative impacts of the measure — especially the end to the individual mandate in Obamacare. In a statement Wednesday after final congressional approval of the bill, Trump said he made good on his promise for “a big, beautiful tax cut for Christmas.” “Unemployment continues to fall, the stock market is at a record high, and wages will soon be on the rise,” Trump said. “By cutting taxes and reforming the broken system, we are now pouring rocket fuel into the engine of our economy. America is back to winning again, and we’re growing like never before. There is a great spirit of optimism sweeping across our land. Americans can once again rest assured that our brightest days are still to come.” That optimism wasn’t shared by LGBT rights supporters, … [Read more...] about Trump claims win with tax reform, but LGBT advocates say they lose