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As tens of thousands of Wisconsinites continue to wait for their unemployment benefits, we just learned that the state agency overseeing the program erroneously overpaid $21.2 million in benefits during the month of April alone. It’s an astounding illustration of the failure of leadership.  For countless Wisconsinites, "crisis" is the correct word to describe Wisconsin’s unemployment debacle. When a one-size-fits-all policy closed down the state’s economy in response to the coronavirus pandemic, a massive surge of unemployment claims became the most predictable outcome of that incredibly consequential decision.From March 15 through July 7, nearly 730,000 applications were received by the Department of...

BARRIE, Ont. - Police blame some serious distracted driving for a chain-reaction crash that caused more than $100,000 in damage after a teenager struck a parked car in this city north of Toronto. Police said the driver was texting and trying to pick up her cat when the collision happened. Cops said the teenager was speeding when she lost control of the car, left the roadway and struck a car parked in a driveway. It was pushed into a boat, which was also in the driveway. The boat was then pushed into the house and a neighbour's vehicle. The driver...

Texas lawmakers ban driving and cell phones — a trusted friend or relative may have sent an e-mail about it, or perhaps it was a topic of conversation over Sunday dinner. Wherever the news came from, it is not true. Through local media outlets and word of mouth, rumors of a law that would ban the use of hand-held cell phones while driving were everywhere, but state Rep. Roberto Gutierrez, D-McAllen confirmed that the bill was never passed into law. “The bill didn’t even get a committee hearing,” Gutierrez said in a telephone interview from Austin. “It was just introduced...