WCMA: Calls for end to waiting period for unemployment benefits

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MON PM Update: Fate of spring election in Supreme Court’s hands

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The fate of Wisconsin’s spring election hung in the balance late today as GOP lawmakers asked the conservative-dominated state Supreme Court to overturn Dem Gov. Tony Evers’ order to push back in-person voting until June amid a national COVID-19 pandemic. Republicans filed

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U.S. Sen. Baldwin: introduces legislation to protect frontline workers against COVID-19

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin, Ranking Member of the Senate Employment and Workplace Safety Subcommittee, introduced legislation to protect American workers on the frontlines of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Senator Baldwin’s COVID–19 Workers First Protection Act (S.3584) directs the Department of Labor (DOL) to issue an emergency temporary standard (ETS)

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Evers moves back in-person voting for spring election to June 9

Today’s Midday podcast covers Gov. Tony Evers’ executive order pushing back in-person voting to June 9 to avoid exposing voters and poll workers to COVID-19. Stephanie Hoff and Pat Poblete discuss details from the order, Evers’ previous positions on the election and reaction from GOP lawmakers.  

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Voces De La Frontera: Applauds order to postpone Wisconsin election

Christine Neumann-Ortiz, Executive Director of Voces de la Frontera, issued the following statement: “Voces de la Frontera applauds Gov. Tony Evers for today’s emergency order postponing the election until June 9. “Voces de la Frontera and our allies have been pushing for this and we applaud the governor’s action to listen to the

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