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After inheriting an Unemployment Insurance (UI) Trust Fund (Trust Fund) deficit of $1.4 billion in January 2011, Governor Scott Walker and legislative partners enacted historic reforms that moved the Trust Fund to its first positive balance this year since 2009. The fund's positive balance...

Employers from across the state are voicing praise for the Wisconsin Fast Forward worker training grant program, noting the application process is simple and recognizes innovation, collaboration and successful outcomes. Governor Scott Walker proposed and signed the Wisconsin Fast Forward w...

This edition of Workforce Bulletin contains articles including: Budget Deal Not Yet Done, But House Majority Leaders Indicate They Are Prepared to Consider Measure Next Week House Majority leaders remain prepared to pass a budget conference compromise next week and are preparing for a Dece...

This edition of Workforce Bulletin contains articles including: EUC Extension Proposed Through 2014 On Wednesday, November 20th, House Committee on Ways and Means Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) introduced identical legislation, (H.R. 3546 and S. 1747) to extend...

The National Governors Association (NGA) hosted the NGA Veterans’ Licensing and Certification Demonstration Policy Academy this week at the U.S. Department of Labor. Six states – Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nevada, Virginia and Wisconsin - were selected to participate in the Academy to assi...

This policy report explores the phenomenon dubbed "the skills gap," which is the assertion by many businesses and some researchers that businesses are having trouble finding skilled labor. Other explanations are explored, included an employer wage and training gap, and a jobs gap. This is ...