By MARTY HOBE of WTMJ-TV and BRAM SABLE-SMITH of Wisconsin Watch/Wisconsin Public Radio. MADISON, Wis. (AP) — As Wisconsin businesses shuttered this spring to slow the spread of COVID-19, jobless filings and phone calls flooded the Department of Workforce Development — too quickly for staffers to keep up. But DWD […]
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Interactive map offers initial look at damage; spot fires persist
Firefighters tried to take advantage of Saturday’s cooler temperatures as the Creek Fire raged nearly out of control. The blaze swelled overnight to 196,667 acres with at least 369 structures ruined, including dozens of homes and businesses in Sierra National Forest mountain communities in eastern Fresno and Madera counties. Containment […]
Trump says he downplayed danger; Senate to vote on $300B relief bill; layoffs persist
The Senate will vote on a slimmed-down coronavirus relief bill Thursday that Democrats are expected to block. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called the plan – which doesn’t include a second stimulus check – an “emaciated bill.” But Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he was “optimistic” Republicans […]
As cyberattacks persist, $15 million contract for online school platform never signed
While the nation’s fourth-largest school district continues to grapple with network outages and cyberattacks that have crippled online learning, Miami-Dade County Public Schools revealed Wednesday that it never signed the $15.3 million no-bid contract with K12, the for-profit company at the center of the district’s unprecedented crisis. School district chief […]