Here and Now
Noon Wednesday: COVID-19 and Wisconsin's Economy
Clip: Season 1800 Episode 1843 | 15m 12sVideo has Closed Captions
Joe Peterangelo of Wisconsin Policy Forum discusses the impacts of COVID-19 on jobs.
The Department of Workforce Development announced this week it will be sending unemployment benefits to more than 154,000 people as Wisconsin's jobs take a huge hit due to conditions from COVID-19. Joe Peterangelo, a senior researcher from the Wisconsin Policy Forum, joins us to talk about what this means for the state's economy.
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Here and Now is a local public television program presented by PBS Wisconsin
Here and Now
Noon Wednesday: COVID-19 and Wisconsin's Economy
Clip: Season 1800 Episode 1843 | 15m 12sVideo has Closed Captions
The Department of Workforce Development announced this week it will be sending unemployment benefits to more than 154,000 people as Wisconsin's jobs take a huge hit due to conditions from COVID-19. Joe Peterangelo, a senior researcher from the Wisconsin Policy Forum, joins us to talk about what this means for the state's economy.
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