On May 7, 2025, the Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules will meet on the following: Public Hearing: EmR 2418 [Extension Request] Related to: Technical education equipment grants (DWD) EmR 2419 [Extension Request] Related to: Alcohol beverage regulation and taxation (DOR) EmR 2420 [Extension Request] Related to: Extension of kinship care and long-term kinship […]
On May 6, 2025, the Senate Committee on Transportation and Local Government will hold a public hearing on the following: Department of Transportation Design Build Report – DOT Design Build Report submission which was referred to the committee for review under s. 84.062(2)(e) of the Wisconsin Statutes. Senate Bill 170 Relating to: rehired annuitants in […]
On May 6, 2025, Sen. Patrick Testin (R-Stevens Point) and Rep. Tony Kurtz (R-Wonewoc) will host a news conference to discuss the reintroduction of their Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Modernization Act. The APRN Modernization Act authorizes registered nurses in Wisconsin to practice independently and without the need for a collaborative agreement with a physician. Close […]
On May 6, 2025, the Senate Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development will hold a public hearing on the following: Senate Bill 196 / Assembly Bill 169 Relating to: various changes to the unemployment insurance law. Senate Bill 197 / Assembly Bill 164 Relating to: various changes to the unemployment insurance law and […]
On April 30, 2025, the Assembly Committee on State Affairs held a public hearing on Assembly Bill 63 Relating to: financing the operating costs and certain out-of-state projects of nonprofit institutions and compensation of employees of the Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority.
On April 29, 2025, the Assembly Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment held a public hearing on the following: Assembly Bill 36 Relating to: law enforcement and firefighter annuitants in the Wisconsin Retirement System who are rehired by a participating employer Assembly Bill 146 Relating to: requests for information from employers about unemployment […]
President Donald Trump’s reworking of the National Institutes of Health has shaken universities and private industry. From moving to cap certain types of research-related costs to layoffs and grant cancellations, the changes at the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research have led to court challenges and could have wide-ranging implications. On April 23, 2025, […]
On April 22, 2025, the Wisconsin State Assembly held a floor session on the following: Assembly Bill 73: statutory recognition of specialized treatment court and commercial court dockets; Assembly Bill 162: workforce metrics; Assembly Bill 164: various changes to the unemployment insurance law and federal Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment grants; Assembly Bill 165: local guaranteed income […]
On April 17, 2025, the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development held a news conference following the release of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) preliminary employment estimates for March 2025. The briefing covers the statewide unemployment rate, total nonfarm jobs, labor force participation rate and some high-level sector information, provided by Dennis Winters, DWD Chief Economist. […]
On April 17, 2025, the Assembly Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment held an executive session on the following: Assembly Bill 162 Relating to: workforce metrics Assembly Bill 167 Relating to: various changes to the unemployment insurance law and requiring approval by the Joint Committee on Finance of certain federally authorized unemployment benefits […]
On April 15, 2025, the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means will hold a public hearing on the following: Assembly Bill 17 Relating to: creating an employee ownership conversion costs tax credit, a deduction for capital gains from the transfer of a business to employee ownership, and an employee ownership education and outreach program Assembly […]
