MADISON – The Department of Workforce Development (DWD) today released information related to the total number of unemployment calls received, applications filed, claims processed, and monies distributed in Wisconsin as of the week ending May 23, 2020. Unemployment Insurance is a joint state-federal program that provides benefits to eligible workers.

[Madison, WI] — Today, Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald wrapped up individual phone calls with Rick Schlesinger of the Milwaukee Brewers, Peter Feigin of the Milwaukee Bucks, and Mark Murphy of the Green Bay Packers for updates on how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected their individual teams and what assistance from Wisconsin

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Today, Opportunity Wisconsin interviewed Dawn Patel, owner of Brilliant Stranger in Egg Harbor, about reopening the Badger State and the challenges of navigating the federal government’s economic support during this global pandemic. It’s been 89 days since President Trump said we’d soon have zero cases in

Madison, WI – on Tuesday, May 26th, 2020, Dr. Sheila Briggs announced her candidacy for State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Briggs began her career as a kindergarten teacher in Madison, where she later served as a principal and school administrator. In 2011, she was appointed to serve as Assistant State

MILWAUKEE (May 26, 2020) — The Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) announced today that it will resume fare collection and front door boarding on all buses and on paratransit vehicles providing Transit Plus rides starting at 4:00 a.m. on June 1, 2020. MCTS is recommending that riders who are medically able

Wisconsin National Guard specimen collection teams resumed statewide operations today supporting local health departments and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services effort to increase the state’s COVID-19 testing capacity. The teams, comprised of more than 600 Citizen Soldiers and Airmen in total, established mobile testing sites at locations ranging from

The Local 212/MATC Believe in Students FAST Fund thanks Governor Evers for establishing the Rental Assistance Program. “The FAST Fund has been swamped with requests from MATC students for rental assistance,” said Dr. Michael Rosen, Director of the FAST Fund. “Most have been out of work since mid- March and

MADISON – When most people think of ceramics, they might envision their favorite mug or a flowerpot. But modern technology is full of advanced ceramics, from silicon solar panels to ceramic superconductors and biomedical implants. Many of those advanced polycrystalline ceramics are combinations of crystalline grains which, at the microscopic

Last week, Public Health Madison & Dane County released Forward Dane, a phased reopening plan for Dane County during the COVID-19 pandemic. The entire plan rests on active monitoring on a series of nine data-based metrics, which are displayed in a table with green, yellow, red indicators of progress. Some

A physical therapist nurse on staff at Fox Lake Correctional Institution (FLCI) has tested positive for COVID-19.  At 8 am count this morning several residents who had been in contact with her were moved to the segregation unit for quarantine. Their roommates were not moved from general population.  MILWAUKEE, WIS.

MADISON, Wis.—University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross has named Connie Foster as the interim chancellor of UW-River Falls. Foster is a higher education and leadership consultant who spent 23 years as a faculty member, administrator, and interim chancellor at UW-River Falls. “Connie has a national reputation as a university