Silver lining? As bad as jobs report is, analysts expected worse
As bad as the April jobs report was, it wasn’t quite as bad as analysts were expecting, which sent stocks and bond yields rising early Friday.…
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DWD: Lawmakers cost the state $25 million by waiting to pass relief package
MADISON (WKOW) — The state’s workforce agency said Thursday that inaction by state lawmakers cost Wisconsin $25 million that could have gone toward…
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“I have to get my unemployment,” Frustration grows as people still unable to file claims with DWD
MADISON (WKOW) — More than seven weeks after Governor Tony Evers and the Department of Health Services issued a ban on public gatherings of more…
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Wisconsin unemployment fund could run dry by October
The Department of Workforce Development released projections Thursday that showed Wisconsin could, under current strains, run out of money in its…
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DWD: Over 498,000 unemployment applications received since COVID-19 pandemic began
The Department of Workforce Development has processed nearly a half a million unemployment applications since the pandemic began, and they’ve…
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DWD: Unemployment payments removed from US Bank accounts after “technological malfunction”
The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development says it is working to fix a problem with some unemployment payments after a “technological…
Continue Reading Unemployment begins paying additional $600 per week
Wisconsin’s unemployment system has begun paying the additional $600 unemployment benefit to people out of work due to the COVID-19…
Continue Reading Iowa to workers: Return to your jobs or lose unemployment benefits, with exceptions
Iowa is warning laid off workers that they will lose their unemployment benefits if they refuse to return when their employer calls them back to…
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Getting Answers: What’s the hold up with unemployment checks
MADISON (WKOW) — More than 400,000 Wisconsinites have filed for unemployment since the coronavirus pandemic started. But many have been waiting more…
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Governor Evers addresses state unemployment insurance shortfalls
MADISON(WKOW) — Statewide more than 55,000 people filed for unemployment, just in the last week. In the same week last year, that number was just a…
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