Contact: Senator Robert Cowles ~ (920) 448-5092 GREEN BAY– Senator Robert Cowles (R-Green Bay) released the following statement after voting in-favor of 2019 Assembly Bill 1038, which passed the Senate today on a bipartisan vote in response to the impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak in Wisconsin: “Like the rest of the country, the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted our state like we haven’t experienced in our lifetimes. The bipartisan legislation passed by the Senate today is a measured approach that supplements recent federal action as we look to lessen the blow on households with changes to unemployment benefits, businesses by expanding

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin, Co-Chair of the Congressional Cranberry Caucus, is urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide direct financial assistance to Wisconsin cranberry growers and make purchases of surplus cranberry products. These purchases would provide nutritious products to families in need by utilizing tools provided to USDA in the bipartisan CARES Act. Swift action now can help provide food to our food pantries and help our agriculture economy get through the coronavirus pandemic. In her letter to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, Senator Baldwin urges USDA to utilize all available programs and authorities to enable Wisconsin cranberry

Secretary-designee Andrea Palm Department of Health Services 1 West Wilson Street Madison, Wisconsin 53703 Secretary-designee Palm, I am writing to ask that you share this letter with the members of the State Disaster Medical Advisory Committee Long-Term Care Subcommittee prior to their meeting on Thursday, April 16. I am writing on behalf of my constituents because it has recently come to my attention that Wisconsin is one of five states that had policies and guidelines in place that specify that patients with cystic fibrosis should not be considered for a ventilator. Although DHS has now removed such a guidance document from

For more information, contact: Steven Theisen, WisDOT Project Communications Manager (608) 884-1230, steven.theisen@dot.wi.gov Drivers with destinations in Janesville, or traveling to Milton/Fort Atkinson, must use Exit 171B. Concrete paving work has begun for the new I-39/90 northbound lanes between the US 14 and WIS 26 interchanges in Janesville. To accommodate the paving operations, the following ramps will be closed for three months starting 12 a.m. Monday (April 20) until mid-July 2020 (see attached map). I-39/90 northbound ramp to WIS 26/Milton Avenue (Exit 171A) – Beloit to Janesville/Milton/Fort Atkinson Drivers with destinations in Janesville, or traveling to Milton/Fort Atkinson, must use Exit 171B. The

Statewide: With the slow and uncoordinated federal response to the coronavirus pandemic paralyzing the country, the burden of leadership has fallen on state governments. Many states are stepping up to the task, and filling in as many gaps which should have been covered by the federal government as possible.   But legislative Republicans are blocking the emergency actions Wisconsin must take to slow the pandemic. This leadership malpractice will cost lives, and likely increase already appalling racial disparities in who dies during the pandemic. It will also move back the timeline for when Wisconites can safely go back to work,

Contact: GovPress@wisconsin.gov or 608-219-7443 MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today signed Assembly Bill 1038, now 2019 Wisconsin Act 185, within hours of its passage, providing critical support and relief for Wisconsinites during the COVID-19 public health emergency. The governor’s full statement on Assembly Bill 1038 was released earlier today and is available here.

Contact: GovPress@wisconsin.gov or 608-219-7443 MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today released the below statement following the Wisconsin State Senate’s passage of COVID-19 response legislation and sent a letter calling for the bill to be sent to his desk immediately. “My pen has been waiting for weeks to sign legislation that guarantees Wisconsin will capture our fair share of federal dollars under the CARES Act and ensures workers experiencing unemployment and underemployment won’t be forced to wait an extra week for needed benefits to kick in. This bill is finally a step in the right direction, but there is much more

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Contact: Senator Janet Bewley (608) 266-3510 Delta, WI – Today, the Wisconsin State Senate passed 2019 AB 1038, a very preliminary attempt to address the COVID-19 crisis. Senate Assistant Minority Leader Janet Bewley released the following statement: “We always feel a tension between short term and long term goals when drafting legislation, that tension is especially evident today. The legislature did pass a bill, but in my mind it gets the balance all wrong. It does the bare minimum and fails to adequately provide the tools that we need to effectively deal with this crisis. We are left with a