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Wisconsin Legislature votes to end extra unemployment SCOTT BAUER and TODD RICHMOND, Associated Press June 9, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail FILE - Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers speaks during a news conference outside Henderson Elementary School in Madison, Wis. Thursday, April 29, 2021. Unemployed people in Wisconsin would lose a $300-a-week federal bonus under a Republican-backed bill the GOP-controlled state Legislature plans to pass on Wednesday, June 9, 2021. However, Evers, a Democrat, has signaled that he will veto the proposal. (John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal via AP, File)John Hart/AP MADISON, Wis. (AP) The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature voted Wednesday to eliminate a $300-a-week federal bonus for unemployed people, a measure that Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has made clear he s likely to veto. ....
Wisconsin Legislature votes to end extra unemployment Published MADISON, Wis. - The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature voted Wednesday, June 9 to eliminate a $300-a-week federal bonus for unemployed people, a measure that Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has made clear he s likely to veto. The federal payment, approved to help the unemployed during the coronavirus pandemic, is scheduled to end on Sept. 6. Twenty-five other states have already approved ending it early, saying it has exacerbated worker shortage problems. That s the argument that Republicans, state and local chambers of commerce, trade groups and others made for passing the bill in Wisconsin, saying some people getting the equivalent of $16.75 an hour on unemployment are choosing to stay home. Evers last week voiced support for the $300 payment, saying those who advocate abolishing it don’t have any evidence that it’s behind the worker shortages. ....