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
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Unemployment Benefits Pay Better Than $16 An Hour
WATCH – Republican lawmakers say the $300 a week supplemental unemployment benefit is creating a labor crisis and it’s no longer necessary. They’re introducing a bill to do that, even though Gov. Evers’ could do it simply with an executive order – if he wanted to. Read More Unemployment Benefits Pay Better Than $16 An Hour
Unprecedented – How DWD Failed To Protect The Victims Of Safer At Home
*Updated* DWD Sec. Frostman says they might not be caught up on unemployment claims until October, during a Senate hearing on Wednesday. Read More Unprecedented – How DWD Failed To Protect The Victims Of Safer At Home
Before the Vote: What to Know About Health Care and Welfare in the 2019-21 Budget
By Ola Lisowski & Chris Rochester – Wisconsin’s powerful budget-writing committee will be taking up agency budgets for the Department of Health Services (DHS) and Department of Children and Families (DCF) Tuesday. Read More Before the Vote: What to Know About Health Care and Welfare in the 2019-21 Budget
Analysis: Evers Budget Unravels Key Welfare Reforms
Analysis By Ola Lisowski and Chris Rochester – Gov. Tony Evers’ 2019-21 biennial budget proposal rolls back much of the welfare reform progress made in recent years and attempts to reinstate the notion of a “free lunch,” bankrolled by the hard working taxpayers of Wisconsin. Read More Analysis: Evers Budget Unravels Key Welfare Reforms