by WRN Contributor | May 19, 2023
Wisconsin has hit another record low for unemployment. The state’s latest jobs report from the Department of Workforce Development shows a drop of a tenth of a point in the unemployment rate in April, bringing the number to 2.4 percent. That’s the third straight month...
by Raymond Neupert | Feb 1, 2023
The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development is reminding people who received unemployment payments last year to get their tax forms for 2022. Those forms are now available online from the state’s unemployment aid portal. Taxable income includes state...
by Raymond Neupert | Jun 13, 2022
A new federal report shows that minority Wisconsinites were half as likely to successfully receive pandemic unemployment benefits as their white counterparts. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that a US Government Accountability Office audit showed that Black,...
by Raymond Neupert | Jul 27, 2021
Assembly Republicans unsuccessfully attempted to overturn Governor Evers’ veto of a bill that would have ended federal unemployment benefits. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says it’s unfair that businesses have to compete with the federal government. ...
by Bob Hague | May 19, 2021
Republican leaders in the Wisconsin legislature have drafted a bill to end $300 in weekly federal payments, to people who aren’t working. State Senator Howard Marklein (R-Spring Green) said he’s spoken with a number of employers in his district, including...
by Raymond Neupert | Jan 14, 2021
A date has been set for a special session of the state Legislature to discuss the state’s unemployment program. Governor Tony Evers signed an executive order on Wednesday setting that special session for January 19th. Evers made the announcement about that...
by Raymond Neupert | Jul 17, 2020
Legislative Democrats have unveiled a package of bills to make it easier for Wisconsinites to claim and file for unemployment. State Senator Janice Ringhand says they want to undo some of the obstacles that were erected in getting unemployment during the Walker...
by WRN Contributor | Jul 2, 2020
Department of Workforce Development Secretary Caleb Frostman says additional hiring has enabled the agency to more unemployment cases. “We’ve added a thousand either employees or contractors since the start of COVID-19 to go from 500 to about 1600, and...
by [email protected] | Jun 3, 2020
The “Wisconsin Unemployment Support Group” on Facebook is asking state political leaders for help in securing benefits, during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. A letter sent to Assembly Speaker Robin Vos requests a special legislative session to be called to...
by Raymond Neupert | May 28, 2020
Some people in Wisconsin who are waiting on an unemployment check could be waiting until October. The Department of Workforce Development says it could take that long to clear the backlog of people waiting to have their jobless claims processed. The agency says the...
by Raymond Neupert | May 26, 2020
The Department of Workforce Development says they’re working to untangle the backlog of unemployment claims. Chief economist Dennis Winters says DWD is doing the best they can right now, and that they’re already scaling up their service. ...
by Bob Hague | May 21, 2020
The unemployment rate in Wisconsin has reached a level not seen since the Great Depression. The state’s jobless rate rose, from just over three percent in March, to just over 14 percent in April. The Department of Workforce Development said preliminary estimates...
by WRN Contributor | May 8, 2020
Wisconsin’s unemployment benefits fund could run out by October 11th before the global COVID-19 pandemic runs its course. It would be the first time the fund has run dry since the Great Recession of 2008. Should that happen, the state would be able to borrow...
by Raymond Neupert | Apr 22, 2020
If you’re out of a job, but your business doesn’t cover unemployment benefits, the state is ready to help you out. Emily Sevard with the Department of Workforce Development says the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program is a new program aimed at...
by Raymond Neupert | Jan 15, 2020
It was a contentious night in Milwaukee, for President Donald Trump’s Keep America Great rally. The president claimed that Milwaukee County is not cooperating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. “The sanctuary county of Milwaukee released an illegal...
by Bob Hague | Mar 22, 2018
A new low for Wisconsin — but a good one. The state’s preliminary unemployment rate hit an all-time low of 2.9 percent in February. The figure released Thursday by the Department of Workforce Development prompted Governor Scott Walker to note the previous...
by WRN Contributor | Jan 18, 2018
Wisconsin’s unemployment rate in December was one for the record books. Preliminary estimates from the state’s Department of Workforce Development show the unemployment rate last month dipped to 3 percent. That’s an all-time low for the month of...
by WRN Contributor | Sep 14, 2017
Wisconsin’s unemployment rate rose last month. The state’s jobless rate increased from 3.2 percent in July to 3.4 percent in August. The Department of Workforce Development reports the state lost 5,200 private sector jobs between the two months....
by WRN Contributor | Jul 21, 2017
Wisconsin’s new unemployment rate June was unchanged from the previous month. State officials said Thursday that the seasonally adjusted jobless rate for June was 3.1 percent, the same as May and just one percentage point above the record low rate of three...
by Andrew Beckett | May 18, 2017
Wisconsin’s unemployment rate fell in April to its lowest level in more than 17 years. Numbers released by the Department of Workforce Development show the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in the state last month was 3.2 percent – down 0.2 percent from March. The...
