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Wisconsin Legislators Push Forward Plan To Modernize Unemployment System


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Millions of people have lost their jobs in Wisconsin during the coronavirus pandemic, resulting in a massive influx of 9.2 million unemployment insurance claims since last March. For perspective, Wisconsin handled just more than 7 million claims in the previous four years combined. The increase in claims has exposed the cracks in an aging system and has sometimes resulted in people waiting months to get their unemployment checks. Legislators on the Joint Finance Committee took up modernization
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