Illinois likely to lose one Congressional seat based on new census data.

Last month, Illinois and California began requiring employers that don’t offer retirement plans to give employees access to state-sponsored savings vehicles, by automatically enrolling them in individual retirement accounts invested in mutual funds. Employees are free to opt out.

The BGA’s David Greising joins the list of those endorsing a constitutional amendment on pensions.

Hmm.

Wisconsin’s population continued to increase in 2018, but the state continued to lose ground to western and southern states that have seen some of the strongest population growth since the 2010 Census.

The Badger State has averaged an increase of 0.27 percent per year for the last five years and has steadily increased in population growth rankings from 38th in 2012.

The state’s strongest annual gain in nearly a decade.