Now that Congress and President Obama have acted and approved of extending employment benefits for unemployed workers across the nation, Wisconsin is working vigorously to issue retroactive benefit checks to the more than 200,000 claimants across the State who are eligible for up to 99 weeks of unemployment insurance benefits.From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:The state will now pay retroactive benefits to those workers who haven't been receiving checks since June 2, Workforce Development… [read post]