Jake's Wisconsin Funhouse

Ventings from a guy with an unhealthy interest in budgets, policy, the dismal science, life in the Upper Midwest, and brilliant beverages.

Friday, April 24, 2026

Rodriguez wants to work out budget with Legis Dems before taking office? Yeah, why wouldn't she?

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With the Democratic primary for Governor in Wisconsin coming up in 3 ½ months, we’re finally starting to see some conflict and differentiati...
Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Higher gas prices didn't slow down consumers, drivers in March

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We are starting to see the economic data from the first month after the bombs started falling in the Middle East. And it looks like America...
Saturday, April 18, 2026

Fewer jobs in many areas of Wisconsin under Trump 2.0

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If you'd checked out the annual benchmarking of jobs numbers in Feburary and combined it with March's release of the "gold ...
Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Inflation up, wages down for March, will continue in April. And the stock market doesn't care

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We got INFLATION WATCH back in recent days, as the first reports from March are now coming in. And after a lot of concern about rising oi...
Sunday, April 12, 2026

Supreme Taylor win is especially impressive outside of Milwaukee and Dane County

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Obviously, a 20-point win in a statewide election in Wisconsin is near-unprecedented over the last couple of decades. So let's look at...
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Thursday, April 9, 2026

We had higher prices and a slower economy even before the bombs started falling

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After a sizable increase to start off 2026, there was a step back in February on income growth. But Americans did keep spending in the mon...
Monday, April 6, 2026

Less immigration means less population growth for Wisconsin

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Recently, the Census Bureau released their annual estimates of population for all counties in the United States, as well as the reasons b...
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