The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development reports it has distributed more than $290 million in unemployment benefits since March 15th.
The agency says it has received almost a half-million applications over the seven-and-a-half-week time period.
These are very busy days at the unemployment office. D-W-D says is has paid almost 750,000 of the one-point-two million claims received since the coronavirus public health emergency was first declared.
It’s currently implementing a new federal program for benefits that was created under the CARES Act.
