Engineering, architecture fields lead jobs report

Jobless benefits bill waiting on Walker

Published: June 12, 2013
Tags: Scott Walker, unemployment

The Wisconsin Assembly voted 61-35 Wednesday in favor of a bill that would make a number of changes to the state’s unemployment insurance system.

Jobless benefits bill passes state Senate

Published: June 11, 2013
Tags: Scott Walker, unemployment

The Wisconsin Senate voted 17-15 on Tuesday in favor of a bill that would make a number of changes to the state’s unemployment-insurance system.

Editorial: A simple ‘thank you’ would suffice

Published: June 7, 2013
Tags: DWD, editorial, unemployment

Gratitude would not be construction executives’ first response if the state’s unemployment insurance fund requires heftier payments from them.

Democrats vote in protest of unemployment insurance provisions

Published: June 6, 2013
Tags: Chris Kapenga, Christine Sinicki, unemployment

Minutes after scolding Republicans for not heeding the advice of the Unemployment Insurance Advisory Council, Democratic Assembly members Thursday voted against a bill containing only provisions approved by that panel.

Unemployment benefit applications fall to 346K

Published: June 6, 2013
Tags: jobs, unemployment

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell 11,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 346,000, a level consistent with steady job growth.

Construction industry could catch break with proposed tax increases

Published: June 5, 2013
Tags: AGC, Dan Knodl, Dean Basten, DWD, J.P. Cullen & Sons, Jim Boullion, Miron Construction, unemployment
Comments: 2

The higher taxes that some lawmakers want to impose on construction companies to pay for the state’s unemployment insurance system could be a lot worse.

Construction could take big hit in Walker’s budget

Published: May 29, 2013
Tags: AGC, Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin, DWD, Jim Boullion, jobs, Joseph Leibham, unemployment

A motion to change the state’s unemployment insurance system could cost the construction and manufacturing industries tens of millions of dollars in additional taxes, according to the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau.

Bills would tie operating licenses to jobless benefit payments

Published: May 28, 2013
Tags: jobs, Scott Walker, unemployment

Bills up for consideration Wednesday would take away business licenses from companies that have failed to make unemployment-insurance payments and would require financial institutions to provide the state with the financial records of the account holders that owe those payments.

Committee OKs work searches for unemployed

Published: May 13, 2013
Tags: DWD, unemployment

Unemployed people in Wisconsin would have to double the number of searches they make for a job from two to four a week, one of the toughest requirements in the country, under a proposal approved by the Legislature’s budget committee on Monday.