Lawmakers on Thursday will consider a proposal that would place steeper criminal penalties on those who defraud the state's unemployment-benefits system.

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State officials want to raise more money to fight unemployment benefits fraud and plan to do so without increasing employers' taxes.

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Employers in the construction industry are likely to pay less in unemployment benefit taxes in 2016, a state agency is reporting.

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The state Senate has passed a bill that would make a series of changes to the state's unemployment-insurance laws, including one that would let the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development tap the tax refunds of companies that owe money to the state’s unemployment-benefits fund.

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A group of lawmakers gave their blessing Thursday to legislation that would let the state essentially garnish the income-tax returns of employers who have fallen behind on payments to Wisconsin's unemployment-benefit system.

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A state Senate committee has approved changes to the state’s unemployment insurance laws, including one that will boost the state’s unemployment insurance fund.

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Unemployment rates have dropped or stayed the same between August and September in 71 of Wisconsin's 72 counties.

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Two companies with sand-mining operations in western Wisconsin have alerted state officials that they are planning to lay off employees in response to a weaker demand for their product.

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Joy Global Inc. plans to lay off 109 union workers and terminate four non-union employees at the company's mining equipment factory in Milwaukee.

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The state’s mandatory professional organization for lawyers is opposing a bill that would ban people who defraud the state’s unemployment insurance program for seven years.

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