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Evers says Unemployment Insurance program to be spared from state budget cuts

Gov. Tony Evers has pledged his administration “will not touch” state funds allocated to the Unemployment Insurance program after he called for $250 million in budget cuts to deal with the COVID-19 revenue crunch. Still, quizzed Thursday by reporters on whether the cuts would affect the departments of Workforce Development and Health Services and the UW System, the guv said all three agencies will need to “sharpen their pencils”. Speaking on a Department of Health Service briefing this afternoon, Evers and DHS Secretary Andrea Palm pledged DHS would “take the steps we need to contribute to that target.” Still, she

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FRI AM Update: Dems slam Trump administration decision to deploy federal agents to Milwaukee

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement AARP Wisconsin From WisPolitics.com … — Dem leaders in the state slammed the Trump administration’s decision to deploy federal agents to Milwaukee in a move the president says is aimed at fighting violent crime. The state’s largest city is one of five across the country that will see an influx of federal law enforcement officers as … Please log in to access subscriber content. If you don’t have a subscription, click here for a WisPolitics free trial and to view the different subscription options. Username or E-mail Password * Remember Me     Forgot Password

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Gov. Evers: Orders flags to half-staff in honor of Army Cpl. Francis J. Rochon

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers announced today that the flags of the United States and the state of Wisconsin will be flown at half-staff on July 25, 2020, in honor a recently identified Korean War Soldier whose remains have been returned to Wisconsin for burial. Army Cpl. Francis J. Rochon of Superior will be buried with full military honors on Saturday, July 25, in Foxboro, Wisconsin, after the Department of Defense positively identified his remains 70 years after his death. “This is a great yet somber day,” said Gov. Evers.  “We humbly remember Cpl. Rochon’s brave sacrifice to our nation and offer

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DWD hopes to see $600 federal unemployment bonus continue

The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development received 795,000 unemployment claims since March 15 or 4.6 million weeks of recurring claims, nearly three times the number of claims in all of 2019. DWD Secretary Caleb Frostman told a Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce briefing the agency has hired and trained up to 1,400 new staff since March to help process those claims. However, the department is still facing a backlog.  “We have about 4.6 million weeks of unemployment insurance claims, so that’s recurring claims, and of those 4.6 million, we’ve resolved about 4 million — we’ve paid or denied them —

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AG Kaul: Statement regarding deployment of federal agents to Milwaukee

MADISON, Wis. – Attorney General Josh Kaul today issued the following statement: If the Trump administration were serious about protecting the safety of Wisconsinites, it would be leading an effective national response to the coronavirus pandemic. Instead, the administration is feverishly attempting to distract attention from that colossal—and continuing—failure through the tool it knows best: stoking chaos and division. During this administration, and especially in recent weeks, we have witnessed the President employing fascist tactics, including his demonization of immigrants, his attacks on communities with large minority populations and the elected representatives of those communities, the blatantly illegal use of

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Mayor Barrett: Statement on federal agents

Mayor Tom Barrett released the following statement: “Given the events that have taken place in Portland over the last few nights, I am extremely concerned that President Trump is looking for opportunities to create more political division in cities across the nation. Federal agents are not welcome here for that purpose.” “If the federal presence is to truly cooperate with local law enforcement, then it is imperative the limits of their activities are clearly delineated and monitored.”

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DWD hopes to see $600 federal unemployment bonus continue

The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development received 795,000 unemployment claims since March 15 or 4.6 million weeks of recurring claims, nearly three times the number of claims in all of 2019. DWD Secretary Caleb Frostman told a Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce briefing the agency has hired and trained up

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AG Kaul: Statement regarding deployment of federal agents to Milwaukee

MADISON, Wis. – Attorney General Josh Kaul today issued the following statement: If the Trump administration were serious about protecting the safety of Wisconsinites, it would be leading an effective national response to the coronavirus pandemic. Instead, the administration is feverishly attempting to distract attention from that colossal—and continuing—failure through

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Mayor Barrett: Statement on federal agents

Mayor Tom Barrett released the following statement: “Given the events that have taken place in Portland over the last few nights, I am extremely concerned that President Trump is looking for opportunities to create more political division in cities across the nation. Federal agents are not welcome here for that

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