The Center on Wisconsin Strategy (COWS) has released a report called The State of Working Wisconsin — Update 2011, which examines the increased rates of unemployment and underemployment in Wisconsin and the disparate impact those problems on particular sectors of the workforce. Read more in the Wisconsin Budget Project’s Labor Day blog post.
Jon Peacock
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...
Wisconsin Is Second-to-Last State to Adjust Medicaid for the Pandemic On April 20, Wisconsin became the 49th state to get federal approval for adjustments in Medicaid that strengthen the program’s role in combating the Coronavirus pandemic. By contrast, almost...
The coronavirus pandemic is causing widespread unemployment throughout the world, and many in the US are losing more than their job and income. They are also losing their health insurance at a time when coverage is critical. In the last few weeks, the US has seen...
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