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DWD News Releases - 2019

June

• DWD Secretary Frostman Submits Letter of Support for Blackwell Job Corps Center 06/17
• DWD Secretary Caleb Frostman and MadREP President Paul Jadin Co-Hosted Roundtable Discussion on Workforce Solutions 06/12
• DWD Deputy Secretary Congratulates Project SEARCH Graduates from Sauk Prairie Healthcare Center, UW-Platteville 06/05

May

• DWD Officials Recognize Project SEARCH Graduates in Green Bay and Oshkosh 05/31
• DWD Column: Helping Those Who Have Served 05/23
• April Local Employment and Unemployment Data Released 05/22
• BLS Data: Wisconsin's April Unemployment Rate Falls to Record low 2.8 Percent 05/16
• DWD Holds Worker Misclassification Roundtable at Building Services Incorporated in Waukesha 05/14
• DWD Secretary Frostman Visits Northern Wisconsin, Inspired By Region's Energy and Resilience 05/10

April

• Secretary-Designee Caleb Frostman and Senator Lena Taylor Met with Wisconsin Pipe Trades to Discuss Lead Safety Issues 04/30
• March Local Employment and Unemployment Data Released 04/24
• BLS Data: Wisconsin Unemployment Rate Remains at 2.9 Percent in March 04/18
• First Lady Kathy Evers, DWD Secretary-Designee Frostman Visit University Hospital, Highlight Project SEARCH 04/17
• DWD Column: Youth Apprenticeship: Developing Wisconsin's Workforce 04/16
• Governor Evers Signs Executive Order Creating Joint Task Force on Payroll Fraud and Worker Misclassification 04/15
• Wisconsin Agencies Partner to Launch Transitional Jobs Program for Veterans 04/15
• DWD Column: A New Hope - Jobs Centers in Our Correctional Institutions 04/03
• DWD Releases Short-Term Occupational Projections for 2018-2020 04/01

March

• DWD Column: Rewarding Wisconsin Workers 03/29
• DWD Secretary-designee Frostman Attends Wisconsin Pipe Trades Apprenticeship Contest, Delivers Remarks 03/28
• February Local Employment and Unemployment Data Released 03/28
• The People's Budget: An Investment for All of Us 03/21
• BLS Data: Wisconsin Unemployment Rate Drops to 2.9 Percent in February 03/21
• DWD Column: A Wisconsin for Everyone 03/21
• Secretary-Designee Caleb Frostman Testified Before Senate Committee on Small Business, Tourism and Workforce 03/20
• January Local Employment and Unemployment Data Released 03/13
• BLS Data: Wisconsin Adds 4,900 Total Non-Farm Jobs, 6,000 Private-Sector Jobs in January 03/07
• Secretary-Designee Frostman Tours Carpenters Union Training Center in Kaukauna, Discusses Budget 03/06
• Secretary-Designee Frostman Meets with Iron Workers Local 383, Discusses Apprenticeship, Tours Training Center 03/05
• DWD Secretary-designee Frostman Visits Milwaukee's Gen. Mitchell Airport to Highlight Project SEARCH Program, Discuss Budget 03/04

February

• Secretary-designee Frostman Announces Additional Leadership Appointments 02/25
• Comment Period Open on Interagency Community Integrated Employment Plan 02/19
• Department of Workforce Development to Provide Technical Assistance to Governor's Caregiving Task Force 02/19
• DWD Celebrates Career and Technical Education Month at West Bend School District 02/19
• Wisconsin State Agencies and Community Partners Come Together to Discuss Military Spouse Economic Empowerment Zone at a Community Engagement Event 02/15
• DWD Secretary-Designee Frostman Participates in Take Your Legislator to Work Event on Capitol Square 02/13
• New Pre-Apprenticeship Programs Now Available in Milwaukee 02/08
• Governor Evers Proclaims February as Career and Technical Education Month 02/05
• Secretary-designee Frostman names additional DWD leaders 02/01

January

• December Local Employment and Unemployment Data for Wisconsin Released 01/23
• BLS Data: Wisconsin Adds 48,300 Total Non-Farm, 44,900 Private-Sector Jobs from Dec. 2017 to Dec. 2018 01/17
• DWD Secretary-Designee Frostman Announces New Leadership Team 01/15
• Unemployment Insurance 2018 Tax Statements Now Available Online 01/15
• Wisconsin ready to assist furloughed federal employees 01/14

Complete 2018 News Release Archive