Evers signs pandemic relief package despite misgivings (UPDATE)
The Wisconsin state Senate passed a sweeping coronavirus relief package during a messy virtual session Wednesday and sent the bill on to Gov. Tony Evers to sign. The post Evers signs pandemic relief...
View ArticleHearing to focus on state’s handling of unemployment claims
Wisconsin has a new system in place to speed up the payment of $600 weekly federal unemployment benefits, the head of the state Department of Workforce Development said Wednesday, before a legislative...
View Article‘It doesn’t look like there’s an end in sight to this’: Pandemic drags on as...
Will Cioci Wisconsin Watch Amy Moreland, a bartender in Madison who has been out of work since mid-March, immediately applied for state unemployment insurance after losing her job and eventually...
View ArticleFollowing denials, laid-off Wisconsin workers with disabilities now eligible...
By Bram Sable-Smith Wisconsin Public Radio Possibly hundreds of laid-off Wisconsin workers with disabilities can now obtain the sort of federal aid that other unemployed workers have been able to...
View ArticleGOP fails to override veto of bill ending unemployment aid
Wisconsin Assembly Republicans failed Tuesday in an attempt to override Gov. Tony Evers' veto of a bill ending $300 a week in federal unemployment aid. The post GOP fails to override veto of bill...
View ArticleWisconsin signs $17M contract to update unemployment system
Wisconsin has entered into a nearly $17 million, multi-year contract with software development company Flexion to update the antiquated system for paying unemployment claims that was overwhelmed last...
View ArticleWisconsin Republicans seek to tighten unemployment benefits
Wisconsin Republicans introduced legislation Tuesday that would tighten eligibility for unemployment benefits and Medicaid coverage, saying the bills are designed to help alleviate what they maintain...
View ArticleWisconsin Assembly to vote on tightening public benefits
The Wisconsin Assembly was scheduled to pass a package of Republican-authored bills Thursday designed to force more people into the workforce by tightening eligibility for unemployment benefits and...
View ArticleWisconsin Assembly to vote on limits for unemployment aid
Gov. Tony Evers vetoed nearly identical legislation in his first term. The post Wisconsin Assembly to vote on limits for unemployment aid first appeared on Wisconsin Law Journal - WI Legal News &...
View ArticleWisconsin Senate to take up bills targeting unemployment benefits
Another bill would enact stricter identity verification checks for unemployment benefits. The post Wisconsin Senate to take up bills targeting unemployment benefits first appeared on Wisconsin Law...
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