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Montgomery: After COVID-19 disrupted two school years, lawmakers on Monday voted to delay an upcoming state requirement for third graders to pass a reading test before moving up to the fourth grade. The House of Representatives voted 68-27 for the bill by Sen. Rodger Smitherman, D-Birmingham, that would delay the promotion requirement, now set to take effect next year, by two years. The bill now goes to Gov. Kay Ivey. The high-stakes promotion requirement is set to take effect at the end of the 2021-2022 school year, but supporters argued it would be unfair to force the requirement on students who were out of the traditional classroom for long stretches during the pandemic. The bill would move the implementation to the 2023-2024 school year. “These kids have had 14 months of not normal schooling. All they are asking for is a little c
Wisconsin Republicans Want to End $300 Unemployment Bonus
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Wisconsin Republicans want to end $300 unemployment bonus
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Getty Images Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, addresses the Assembly during a contentious legislative session on Dec. 4, 2018 in Madison, Wis.
Updated at 3:28 p.m. CDT
Wisconsin Republicans want to end the $300-per-week federal unemployment supplement, which they said Tuesday hurts businesses that are struggling to fill vacancies as customers return amid a loosening of coronavirus restrictions.
Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Sen. Howard Marklein, chairman of the Legislature s budget committee, called on Democratic Gov. Tony Evers to support the bill they unveiled with the support of a couple of Wisconsin business owners.
Evers, who could veto the bill, signaled his opposition. His spokeswoman Britt Cudaback said, “If Republicans are interested in putting this pandemic behind us, they’ll stop playing politics with our economic recovery” and approve Evers state budget proposal.
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Wisconsin Republicans want to end the $300-per-week federal unemployment supplement. The lawmakers say it hurts businesses that are struggling to fill vacancies as customers return. Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Sen. Howard Marklein, chairman of the Legislature’s budget committee, called on Gov. Tony Evers to support the bill they unveiled Tuesday with the support of a couple of Wisconsin business owners. Wisconsin trade groups, the state chamber of commerce and local chambers have also called on Evers to scale back unemployment benefits. Evers could veto the bill should it pass the GOP-controlled Legislature.
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