DWD has sent out $3B in unemployment since March 15

Since March 15, the Department of Workforce Development paid 475,000 people over $3 billion but says more federal unemployment compensation is needed. The $600 per week supplement — Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation — ended the week ended last month.  “We’re

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Review finds host of problems with Kanye West’s nomination papers

Entertainer Kanye West filed some 2,800 signatures in his bid to qualify for Wisconsin’s presidential ballot, above the minimum needed under state law, according to a WisPolitics.com review of his nomination papers. Still, the papers had a host of problems, including incomplete entries and duplicate signers, that could invalidate numerous

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Statewide, businesses are cautious in business, personal travel plans

— Businesses responding to the July COVID-19 Wisconsin Business Impact survey expressed extreme caution in business and personal travel plans. The Madison Region Economic Partnership, Wisconsin Economic Development Corp., the state’s eight other regional economic development organizations and UW-Oshkosh released results yesterday from its fourth statewide survey.  For the first

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DWD has sent out $3B in unemployment since March 15

Since March 15, the Department of Workforce Development paid 475,000 people over $3 billion but says more federal unemployment compensation is needed. The $600 per week supplement — Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation — ended the week ended last month.  “We’re watching negotiations out in D.C. for any extension or replacement

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