Economy
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Paid Leave, Universal Child Care Help Employers and Employees Alike, WI Business Owners Say
Small-business owners from restaurant owners to childcare providers advocate for provisions in Biden’s American Families Plan.
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This Wisconsin Woman Left Her Job to Care for Her Kids During the Pandemic. She’s Not Alone.
More than 2 million American women have left the workforce since the start of the pandemic, a reflection of the country’s ongoing childcare crisis.
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Wisconsin Is In a Childcare Crisis. The Pandemic Hasn’t Helped.
With high costs and low profits, families, providers, and the economy as a whole need the system to change.
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Wisconsin Expects to Pay Foxconn $37 Million Through 2023, State Official Says
The tax credits are part of the state’s new and much smaller contract: $80 million from taxpayers vs. almost $3 billion under the Walker/Trump deal.
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Biden’s COVID Relief Plan Is a Huge Deal for Women. Here’s How.
Study after study has found that women, particularly women of color, have borne the brunt of the pandemic’s economic toll, losing jobs and leaving the workforce in alarming numbers.
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Wisconsin to Congress: Approve Next Round of COVID-19 Relief ASAP
“Listen to us. Hear our stories.” People struggling with pandemic recession want Biden’s plan taken up quickly.
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Looking Back on 2020: How COVID Crushed Wisconsin’s Economy
Despite those qualifying for federal and state funds to stay afloat, revenue is down and layoffs common.
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Every Wisconsin Republican in Congress Voted Against the COVID Relief Bill
For the second time in 2020, every GOP member from the state opposed bipartisan help for farmers, renters, homeowners, small business owners, and families.
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Congress Has Approved Another COVID Relief Bill. Here’s What That Means for Wisconsin.
Renters, farmers, and rural residents should get a boost from the long-awaited second federal COVID relief package.
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One Wisconsin Woman on Why Absent Legislators Have to ‘Put Themselves in My Shoes’
Roughly 42,000 Wisconsinites waiting on unemployment checks, as legislative committee holds hearing on why.
