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Feb 23, 2022

Wisconsin Senate sends benefit restriction bills to governor

The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate passed a package of Republican-authored bills designed to force more people into the workforce by tightening the qualifications for receiving unemployment benefits and Medicaid coverage.

Feb 22, 2022

Senate to send benefit restrictions to governor

The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate was poised Tuesday to approve a package of Republican-authored bills designed to force more people into the workforce by tightening eligibility for unemployment benefits and Medicaid coverage.

Feb 18, 2022

Wisconsin Assembly approves tightening public benefits

The Wisconsin Assembly approved a package of Republican-authored bills Thursday designed to force more people into the workforce by tightening eligibility for unemployment benefits and Medicaid coverage.

Sep 30, 2021

Wisconsin 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 year during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the state announced Wednesday.

Feb 23, 2021

Assembly set to send unemployment bill to Evers

The state Assembly was poised Tuesday to sign off on a bipartisan bill designed to jumpstart updates to Wisconsin's antiquated unemployment claims processing system.

Dec 30, 2020

DWD adjudicators get last undecided unemployment claims

Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development officials said on Thursday they've assigned the last few thousand undecided unemployment claims to adjudicators.

Nov 17, 2020

Thousands await jobless aid as leaders blame each other for failure

As Wisconsin businesses closed this spring to slow the spread of COVID-19, jobless filings and phone calls flooded the Department of Workforce Development — too quickly for staff employees to keep up. But DWD Secretary Caleb Frostman remained optimistic.

Jun 17, 2020

Reversing course: Wisconsin seeks federal OK to aid the unemployed with disabilities

Following a slew of denials, state regulators are now pushing to give federal pandemic aid to laid-off Wisconsinites with disabilities.

May 11, 2020

The unemployed deserve better than a busy signal

It’s now been about two months since Wisconsin’s Safer at Home order went into effect, shutting down many businesses and putting hundreds of thousands of people out of work.

Apr 15, 2020

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.

Apr 1, 2020

Republicans support waiving unemployment waiting period

Wisconsin Republican legislative leaders said for the first time Wednesday that they support temporarily waiving a one-week waiting period for people to receive unemployment benefits as part of a state aid package in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Mar 20, 2019

Evers wants to raise state unemployment benefits (UPDATE)

Gov. Tony Evers wants to boost Wisconsin's unemployment benefits and eliminate some requirements to qualify for them.

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