The Governor decided to sign into law the changes in the budget bill relating to unemployment insurance (UI) benefits, notwithstanding the unanimous recommendation of the UI Council to veto those changes. A Wisconsin Budget Project Blog post today examines the threat that poses to the future of the consensus process that has generally been used for the last 75 years to set UI policy in a nonpartisan way. Read more in that blog.
Not All Heroes Wear Capes, Millions Wear Wings
As our nation begins to transition in to the next phase of our pandemic response, which includes planning for reopening states and our larger economy, we must center the well-being and basic needs of those essential frontline workers that have continued to be...
