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Dept of Workforce Development: Continues customer service improvements for unemployment insurance

MADISON – As part of the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development's (DWD) continued efforts to modernize its Unemployment Insurance services, the agency is launching a project to upgrade the Unemployment Insurance employer portal while also progressing with work on new tools to calculate benefits for claimants. "The new employer portal will offer significant efficiencies...

Dept. of Revenue: New sales and use taxes in the City of Milwaukee and Milwaukee County begin on January 1, 2024

MADISON — Wisconsin Act 12, bipartisan legislation passed earlier this year, addressed the need for increased revenue and funding for local government services. Part of that legislation allowed for a new tax and a tax increase in the city of Milwaukee and Milwaukee County, respectively. For periods beginning on or after January 1, 2024:  

Dept. of Workforce Development: November local employment and unemployment data released

MADISON – The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) today released the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) estimates of employment and unemployment statistics for Wisconsin metropolitan areas, major cities, and counties in Wisconsin for November 2023. In brief, the nonseasonally adjusted data for Wisconsin shows: Metropolitan Statistical Areas: Preliminary...

Festival Foods: Earns prestigious 2023 Top Disability-Friendly Employer in Wisconsin Award

GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN – (December 27, 2023) — Festival Foods proudly announces its recognition as 2023 Top Disability-Friendly Employer in WisconsinTM, a significant inaugural award honor presented by Disability:IN Wisconsin. This award underscores Festival Foods' dedication to fostering disability inclusion and equity within its workplace. Judy Quigley, Executive Director of Disability:IN Wisconsin, explains, “The...

Save Milwaukee Healthcare Coalition: Forms after 1-year anniversary of St. Francis Hospital Labor and Delivery Unit closure, Next Door Pediatrics’s sudden closure

- At 2pm on Friday, December 29, 2023, the Save Milwaukee Healthcare Coalition will be rallying and holding a press conference at the intersection of 27th St and Oklahoma Ave, Milwaukee, Wisconsin to commemorate the 1-year closing of the Labor and Delivery unit at St. Francis Hospital and bring attention to the very recent closing of...

UW Health: Addresses mental health crisis with innovative clinic design

MADISON, Wis. – Haley Humphrey is on the front line of a crisis facing the entire health care industry – the incredible demand for mental health services and the corresponding limited access to mental health care. Humphrey is a behavioral health clinician at the UW Health Sun Prairie Clinic, a role new to UW...

Sensi Co.: Launches new THC infused lemonade

Sensi Co., the trailblazing THC-infused beverage company known for its low-dose and approachable seltzers, is thrilled to announce the launch of its latest addition: Sensi Lemonade dosed at 7.5mg of THC per can. Sensi Lemonade is crafted with real lemons and real THC while staying gluten free and vegan. Patrons will be able to purchase Sensi...
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