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Floods · MilwaukeeOn Thursday, FEMA starts its preliminary damage assessment in southeast Wisconsin, more than a week after historic flooding.Residents in southeast Wisconsin may see agents from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, in their neighborhoods this week as they assess the damage caused by heavy storms and flooding that occurred between Aug. 9-11.We lost two cars, we lost all of the kids stuff, we lost about everything, said displaced resid…See the Story
Displaced resident hopes for federal funding as FEMA starts flood damage assessment
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Unemployment · MadisonReading Time: 3 minutes Click here to read highlights from the story
A judge’s order promises compensation to potentially thousands of disabled workers who were denied unemployment benefits under a state law struck down as discriminatory.
The invalidated law prevented recipients of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) from collecting unemployment insurance.
Two classes of workers may be eligible for compensation: those denied unemploym…See the Story
Wisconsin to compensate workers with disabilities for wrongfully denied unemployment claims
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