Evers demands Trump restore grants for jobless pay upgrade, focuses on fraud, waste and abuse

By: Erik Gunn

Outlets: Wisconsin Examiner

Published: February 26, 2026

Words: 676

Last Updated: 1 week, 6 days ago

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Gov. Tony Evers has written to the White House, demanding that President Donald Trump release $29 million Wisconsin was promised to complete an upgrade of the state’s unemployment insurance system.

Evers’ letter to Trump, sent Tuesday, repeatedly leans into the upgrade project as a tool for “preventing fraud, waste, and abuse in our unemployment insurance system.”

The terminated grants “were being used to efficiently and effectively reduce fraud and ensure correct payment of benefits,” …

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