S1E15: COVID-19 coronavirus in Wisconsin: Week two - the impact on state-wide unemployment

Published: March 29, 2020, 7:47 p.m.

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Governor Tony Evers introduced the “safer at home” order in an effort to help slow the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Wisconsin. The order effectively closed a number of businesses across the state which were deemed “nonessential” and caused the number of unemployment claims in the state to skyrocket.  

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In this episode, state and politics reporter Mitchell Schmidt discusses the staggering number of unemployment claims filed during the pandemic and state lawmaker’s plans to deal with them.  

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