As of today, it’s official: The program that provides federal benefits to long-term unemployed workers has expired. There’s hope for the program to be revived, but until then, long-term unemployed workers are getting no further help making ends meet.
Read more about what this means for out-of-work Wisconsinites at the Wisconsin Budget Project’s newest blog post.
Wisconsin’s Legislators Fail to Invest in Higher Education During a time of unprecedented revenue growth, the Legislature approved a higher education budget that does not include any significant new resources, and does not take steps to undo the steep budget cuts of...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 8, 2021CONTACT: William Parke-Sutherland, 608-284-0580 x 317Erica Nelson, 608-284-0580 x 321 Download as PDF We are deeply disappointed that the budget includes such a hastily designed and regressive tax cut that will do little to help...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 6, 2021CONTACT: Jon Peacock, 608-556-6271William Parke-Sutherland, 608-720-9405 Download as PDF In a letter to Governor Evers today, Kids Forward urged him to veto part of the budget bill and work with state legislators to develop a...
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