I have to include a personal note here. My friend from law school passed away suddenly the week ending November 15th. Like me, he was an “older” student at law school, and we were both one of the few still
Dave Rothstein RIP
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CUPS configuration error and fix
Basically, a corruption of the CUPS policy file stops CUPS from running until the corruption is removed.
My printing stopped working after a late November 2025 update. Basically, only Airprint drivers would appear in a print dialog, and those drivers
Postmark changes at the Post Office and late mail
In August of this year, the US Post Office announced a new rule that included without much fanfare a MAJOR change in when letters are postmarked. Under this new rule, most letters will no longer be postmarked on the day
Legislative unemployment bills going to the governor
The legislature has sent three unemployment bills to the governor.
As I wrote previously in a letter to the legislature, AB168 and AB169 deserve an immediate veto. Indeed, Gov. Evers previously vetoed versions of these bills
Class representatives for the Wisconsin SSDI eligibility ban case
Information about the class representatives and how to obtain unemployment benefits that are due disabled workers because of Wisconsin’s illegal SSDI eligibility ban is now available.
Besides this guidance, make sure to review the Department’s well done information
Advisory Council agreed-on bill does little to nothing for workers or anyone else
The Unemployment Insurance Advisory Council has been meeting for most of 2025 over Department proposals and then proposals from the labor and management representatives.
After the Sept. 18th meeting ended, council members apparently reached agreement, because on the morning
Text fragments in Firefox
Firefox 131 released in October 2024 gained the ability to link to a specific text fragment inside a web page by including #:~:text= followed by the text fragment to link to.
But, that feature is turned off by default.
Wisconsin job center registration
Registration with the job center of Wisconsin website must be done once at the start of every benefit year. Usually, with each new benefit year of yours you will get a notice that looks like this or this. On
SSDI eligibility ban in Wisconsin no longer enforced
The SSDI eligibility ban in Wisconsin is no more. On July 14th, a federal court issued a preliminary injunction to the Department to stop enforcing the SSDI eligibility ban effective July 20th.
Note: The Wisconsin Examiner and Fox6 have
Labor and Management unemployment proposals in 2025
At June 19, 2025, meeting of the Unemployment Insurance Advisory Council, the labor and management proposals this year were presented to the public.
The labor proposals this year reflect many of the Department’s own proposals (for good and