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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M.D. Kittle: Is it really about the kids?

It’s understandable teachers and staff, particularly those in the more vulnerable categories, are concerned about being in classes while the pandemic goes on. But if it’s really about the kids (and science), then perhaps the educators pushing for all virtual learning should consider the latest Centers for Disease Control & Prevention guidance.

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Dave Zweifel: Ron Johnson may join Joe McCarthy in the ranks of Wisconsin’s national embarrassments

Johnson, chair of the Senate’s Homeland Security Committee, has morphed into one of the most vocal Trump defenders at a time when many GOP senators are lying low. But, what’s been disturbing is that he appears to be using his committee to concoct a false narrative of what was behind Trump’s Russia-Ukraine involvements that can be used in the upcoming presidential election.

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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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WED PM Update: Republicans slam Biden decision to skip coming to Milwaukee for convention; review finds host of problems with West nomination papers

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Opinions over Joe Biden not coming to Milwaukee for the Democratic National Convention quickly fell along partisan lines, with GOP operatives slamming the decision as abandoning the state and Dems backing it for putting public health first. The convention committee in a

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Federal judge expresses doubt over mail-in ballot timeline

A federal judge expressed doubts that voters who wait until the state-imposed deadline to request absentee ballots will be able to return them by Election Day as required under Wisconsin law. Still, Judge William Conley peppered lawyers during a hearing Wednesday over whether he should order relief for voters to

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M.D. Kittle: Is it really about the kids?

It’s understandable teachers and staff, particularly those in the more vulnerable categories, are concerned about being in classes while the pandemic goes on. But if it’s really about the kids (and science), then perhaps the educators pushing for all virtual learning should consider the latest Centers for Disease Control & Prevention guidance.

Read More »

Dave Zweifel: Ron Johnson may join Joe McCarthy in the ranks of Wisconsin’s national embarrassments

Johnson, chair of the Senate’s Homeland Security Committee, has morphed into one of the most vocal Trump defenders at a time when many GOP senators are lying low. But, what’s been disturbing is that he appears to be using his committee to concoct a false narrative of what was behind Trump’s Russia-Ukraine involvements that can be used in the upcoming presidential election.

Read More »