MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers sent a letter to U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Acting Secretary Keith Sonderling and President Donald J. Trump, renewing his request for the department to take critical action to restore approximately $29 million in federal grant funding Wisconsin needs to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse and complete the Evers Administration’s years-long efforts to modernize the state’s unemployment insurance (UI) system. On the heels of the recent departure of the former U.S. DOL Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, this latest letter comes after several previous letters from Gov. Evers to the Trump Administration have gone largely unaddressed. The governor even went so far as to send a letter to appeal directly to President Trump in February, however, to date, this letter has gone unanswered.
After the coronavirus pandemic overwhelmed Wisconsin’s antiquated unemployment system…
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