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Law would have overdue unemployment payments drawn from tax returns
A recent change in federal law would force states to tap the tax returns of contractors and other companies to recover any money owed to an unemployment benefits system.
EDITORIAL: Enough nibbling around edges of unemployment fund woes
Wisconsin’s unemployment trust fund is more than $1.5 billion shy of its $1.5 billion recommended minimum balance.
Upcoming elections could weigh on unemployment insurance
Members of a state advisory board agree restoring the health of the state’s unemployment benefits system requires big changes that are unlikely before an election year.
Contractors most at risk of losing credentials over unemployment delinquency
Contractors are the businesses most at risk of losing licenses or certifications under a law allowing the credentials to be yanked from those who are delinquent in their payments to the state’s unemployment benefits system.
State might tighten rules for job searches
A proposed change to unemployment benefit rules would give employers greater power to force workers to search for new jobs when they are laid off for seasonal reasons.
Bills would let union workers get benefits
Bills before state lawmakers would let unemployment benefits go to union workers who lose their jobs because of a strike in which they are not taking part.
Council seeks goal for unemployment changes
State policy advisors agree big changes are needed to shore up Wisconsin’s system of doling out unemployment.
Wis. panel moves to allow unemployment extension
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A state panel has recommended legislators tweak Wisconsin statutes to allow jobless people to collect an additional 13 weeks of federal unemployment benefits. Extended federal unemployment […]
Insurance crisis lacks easy solutions
By Paul Snyder [email protected] Wisconsin’s unemployment insurance budget has slipped into the red and is projected to be more than $2 billion in debt in each of the next four […]
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- Trump announces $19M modernization of coal plant near Portage
- Wauwatosa shops for specialty grocer
- Wisconsin allocates nearly $50M in tax credits for housing projects
- Contractors eager to fill positions as open construction jobs tick up to 259,000
- Wisconsin awards $130,000 for construction and trade worker training
- Milwaukee manufacturer plans expansion with data center growth
- Megaprojects push Milwaukee construction costs above U.S. average
Project Profiles
- First prefabricated bridge in US installed in Eau Claire County
- Illinois developer worked with Wisconsin contractor to build 258-unit Wauwatosa apartment complex
- VJS Construction raises the roof for Bruce Guadalupe Community School expansion project
- Microgrid pilot project will store energy for village affected by outages
- Dane County sees uptick in highway work zone crashes, on track to exceed last year
- The Hop streetcar will debut newest service route in fall with limited service
- FPC Live slims venue proposal to 1 downtown building
- Children’s Hospital urgent care center in Milwaukee gets first round of city approval
- With Sonag Construction shut down, feds move to block indicted owner from collecting leftover assets
- Four contractors selected to build border wall prototypes
- UW-Milwaukee’s Greenstreet shaping minds (and the city)
- Turning the Corner(s) (PHOTO SLIDESHOW)