Evers signs COVID-19 bill, says ‘much more work to be done’

Gov. Tony Evers signs bipartisan legislation to address the COVID-19 pandemic April 15, 2020. Submitted photo.
Gov. Tony Evers signs bipartisan legislation to address the COVID-19 pandemic April 15, 2020. Submitted photo.

Within hours of the Senate passing the bill unanimously, Gov. Tony Evers today signed a bipartisan COVID-19 bill even as he said there’s “much more work to be done.’’
After calling for the bill to speed up the signing process, Evers said the legislation provides neither hazard pay or workers comp for all frontline and critical workers nor meaningful support for small businesses and farmers.
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