The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate passed a package of Republican-authored bills designed to force more people into the workforce by tightening the qualifications for receiving unemployment benefits and Medicaid coverage.

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MADISON, Wis., (AP) — The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate was poised Tuesday to approve a series of Republican-authored bills designed to force more people into the workforce by tightening eligibility for unemployment benefits and Medicaid coverage. The Assembly passed the bills ...

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The Wisconsin Assembly was scheduled to pass a package of Republican-authored bills Thursday designed to force more people into the workforce by tightening eligibility for unemployment benefits and Medicaid coverage.

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The Department of Workforce Development has named David Polk to serve as director of the agency's Bureau of Apprenticeship Standards.

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Milwaukee Department of Public Works Commissioner Jeff Polenske announced Friday that he will step down after 31 years at the department.

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Wisconsin's unemployment rate is looking better, if only on paper. A revised report to update a "data distortion" discovered by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in Michigan dropped Wisconsin's unemployment rate for September by half a percentage point to 3.4%, according to the state Department of Workforce Development. It had been stuck at 3.9% for several months.

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Wisconsin's unemployment rate stood at 3.9% in April, a stark contrast to one year earlier when the coronavirus pandemic gripped the state and the unemployment rate hit levels not seen since the Great Depression.

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A plan to have a new call center to help unemployed people 24 hours a day, seven days a week is moving ahead with the signing of a $1.2 million contract, Gov. Tony Evers' administration announced Thursday.

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A state task force on wage theft and misclassification is recommending that Wisconsin adopt new rules to prevent insurance fraud and hold contractors accountable for misconduct committed by their subcontractors.

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The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development issued an emergency rule on Thursday that continues to waive a rule requiring that unemployed people apply for jobs while they are receiving public assistance.

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