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State and Local Policy
Federal government devolution in a rapidly changing economy has increased the responsibility of state and local governments while often reducing their budgets – spurring innovation in state and local “laboratories of democracy.” COWS supports this recent renaissance of state and local innovation, and is working with state and local leaders to spread its lessons and advance it. In order to help identify and support the high-road for state and local policy, COWS is helping build networks in both.
For cities, working closely with Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz, COWS has helped spearhead formation of the Mayors Innovation Project, a policy learning network of mayors from around the country.
For states, COWS is developing policy toolkits for state executive and legislative leaders and other stakeholders interested in putting their states on the high road, and learning what others have done. A particular recent focus of policy work, applicable to states and cities, is job-enhancing policies in clean energy and energy efficiency.
Among other projects in Wisconsin, COWS was recently involved in the Governor's Consortium on Biobased Industry. The Consortium was formed in May 2005 to recommend state goals and policies for the development of a Wisconsin bioeconomy, based on turning feedstocks such as crops, animal waste, and forest products into energy, fuel, and other marketable products. Learn more about this project.
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