Push to require the unemployed look for work

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — People in Wisconsin would receive fewer unemployment benefits and face stricter requirements to get them under eight bills scheduled for a vote in the Republican-controlled Assembly. The measures are Republicans’ response to the three-quarters of voters in the statewide April election who approved a nonbinding ballot question saying they believe able-bodied adults should have to look for work to receive government assistance. The bills up for a vote Tuesday propose tying the amount of benefits someone can receive to the statewide unemployment rate as well as allowing businesses to report people who don’t show up for job interviews. Democratic Gov. Tony Evers is likely to veto the measures if both the Assembly and Senate approve them.