Gov. Tony Evers (D-WI) announced on Thursday an initiative to recruit federal workers laid off by the Trump administration in its efforts to downsize the federal workforce.
The governor’s office opened a portal for newly fired federal workers to highlight jobs available in the state. Wisconsin had 28,915 federal workers as of last year, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
“The Trump Administration’s mass firings across the federal government in flagrant violation of the law have created undo (sic) chaos and confusion for tens of thousands of federal employees—employees who only wanted to do their best for the families and communities they were tasked to serve,” Evers said in a statement. “These actions are not only harmful to our workforce, but they are harmful to the folks who have lost critical and trusted support systems in accessing the programs and…
