Why are over 30% of working-age Wisconsinites not participating in the labor force? Read More Republican Lawmakers Target Labor Crisis
Republican Lawmakers Target Labor Crisis
Unemployment Insurance
MacIver News Minute: Evers Still Hasn’t Fixed The UI Disaster
LISTEN – Despite Gov. Evers’ assurances, the Department of Workforce Development has been failing to meet the federally required deadline for making decisions on most of their appeals cases. 14,000 appeals are still waiting for a decision. Read More MacIver News Minute: Evers Still Hasn’t Fixed The UI Disaster
Another Audit Finds Evers’ Handling Of UI Is A Disaster
A new audit from the Legislative Audit Bureau revealed that the Department of Workforce Development has been failing to meet the federally required deadline for making decisions on most of their appeals cases. Only 17.5% of their appeals decisions in May 2021 were made on time. Read More Another Audit Finds Evers’ Handling Of UI Is A Disaster
Wisconsin’s Jobless Summer
The data is in, and, as Dan O’Donnell observes, it proves that Governor Evers’ refusal to end the enhanced unemployment benefits is having a devastating effect on the state’s job market. Read More Wisconsin’s Jobless Summer
ICYMI: “Unprecedented” Tax Collections Lead To Immediate $2.6 Billion Surplus, Joint Finance Committee Votes On DOT And Stewardship
Last week, LFB reported that Wisconsin is expected to have a $2.6 billion surplus by the end of the month, JFC voted on the Department of Transportation and the Stewardship Program, the State Supreme Court ruled Dane County Health Officer’s school closures unlawful, and Assembly Minority Leader Rep. Hintz suggested Medicaid expansion and legalizing weed will solve Wisconsin’s labor shortage. All this and more, in case you missed it. Read More ICYMI: “Unprecedented” Tax Collections Lead To Immediate $2.6 Billion Surplus, Joint Finance Committee Votes On DOT And Stewardship