Stricter rules on receiving unemployment..
Written by Jesse Baroka on April 13, 2023
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Wisconsin lawmakers are looking to create stricter rules for how long people can receive unemployment benefits and what they have to do to get them. The package of unemployment bills was introduced after more than three-quarters of voters in the statewide April election supported a non-binding ballot question asking whether people should be required to look for work to receive government assistance. Lawmakers were scheduled to consider the bills in a committee hearing yesterday. Democratic Gov. Tony Evers vetoed similar proposals in his last term, and it’s likely he will do so again if the Republican-controlled Legislature passes the bills.