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After ruling, disabled workers get jobless benefits
About 13,000 disabled workers in Wisconsin may now claim past unemployment benefits after a federal court struck down a 2013 state law.
Judge rules disabled Wisconsinites owed unemployment back pay
A federal judge ruled Wisconsin wrongly denied unemployment to disabled residents, ordering back payments for thousands affected since 2015.
Federal judge orders Wisconsin to pay disabled workers
A federal judge ordered Wisconsin to compensate disabled workers denied unemployment benefits under a discriminatory 2013 law.
Evers vetoes GOP proposals on unemployment and gas engines but signs bills on crime
Gov. Evers on Friday vetoed two packages of bills passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature.
Wisconsin billionaires quietly bankroll effort to restrict unemployment
In Wisconsin, the group has pushed bills that would broaden the definition of workplace misconduct to ease unemployment benefit denials as well as empower the Legislature’s budget committee to veto future federal jobless relief.
Wisconsin Senate to take up bills targeting unemployment benefits
Another bill would enact stricter identity verification checks for unemployment benefits.
Wisconsin Assembly to vote on limits for unemployment aid
Gov. Tony Evers vetoed nearly identical legislation in his first term.
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- Wisconsin Supreme Court weighs judicial recusal rule
- Brunette launches bid for Supreme Court
- Franklin man pleads guilty to SNAP fraud, tax crimes
- Wisconsin absentee ballot dispute may spark lawsuit
- Brookfield attorney license revoked in abuse case
- Pabst liable under Wisconsin workplace safety law
- Wisconsin lawmakers spend taxpayer funds on legal fees
- Kenosha DA faces sanctions request in homicide trial
- Oshkosh school administrator sues district for job back
- Wisconsin GOP seeks dismissal of school funding lawsuit
- Green Bay cocaine trafficking leader gets 14 years
- Schimel: No Trump pressure on running attorney’s office
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- Procedural Default- Successive Habeas Application
- Termination of Parental Rights-Manifest Justice Standard
- Certiorari Review-Jurisdictional Authority-Due Process Requirements
- Standing-Judicial Review of PSC Decision
- Plain Error-Jury Instructions
- Discovery Violation-Harmless Error
- Employee Classification-Insurance
