Wisconsin's economy may be clawing its way back to health, but the state won't regain the 130,000-plus jobs lost in the past two years until 2012.

"It will be a long road back and job growth will lag the recovery because this recession was broad and deep," said John Koskinen, chief economist with the Department of Revenue. He spoke Tuesday at an Assembly Committee on Jobs, the Economy and Small Business.

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