There are a lot of different companies driving the market. It's not just manufacturing but also distribution and trade, and I think that portends very well for the local economy.

Gains were widespread in the private sector, with especially large increases occurring in services, retail trade and manufacturing.

Over the last five years, Wisconsinites have lost nearly 80,000 manufacturing jobs, largely because of unfair trade agreements and questionable administration policies.

We've been locally manufacturing EPS products for more than 40 years. When Clark Foam closed, surfboard makers had to find other foam alternatives.

Trade is a drag (on growth) and that tends to hit manufacturing harder than the rest of the economy.

You're poking around in dumpsters, driving around places that are not even a mile from your house. My eyes were really opened to the fact that we really do have working poor here in Plano. A lot of people think that this is nothing but a large Highland Park, and it's not like that.