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Wisconsin Legislature passes workforce, criminal laws

By Will Kenneally, Frederica Freyberg | Here & Now

January 28, 2022

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The Wisconsin Legislature passed a slate of laws aiming at increasing recruitment among a workforce hit hard by the pandemic, along with bills in response to 2020 protests.

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