Madison – On Tuesday, the Wisconsin State Senate approved legislation to help the state battle the COVID-19 pandemic. State Senator Alberta Darling released the following statement in support of the legislation.  “This is another step to help Wisconsin through the pandemic. Our bill protects patients from unexpected medical bills and businesses from frivolous lawsuits. It also helps families pay their bills by forcing the Department of Workforce Development to fully fix the unemployment insurance backlog.   The pandemic is taking an emotional toll on everyone. This bill helps reunite families separated by the pandemic by allowing nursing home residents to pick one

CONTACT:    Rebecca Normington, 715-221-9726, normington.rebecca@securityhealth.org MARSHFIELD – Security Health Plan of Wisconsin, Inc., has named Jennifer Cordy as the new North Central Region Market Development Manager. The north central region includes Wausau/Weston, Minocqua, Rhinelander, Mosinee, and Medford. Cordy, who was previously Security Health Plan’s business retention manager, will continue to serve as a key sales representative for Security Health Plan health insurance benefits and Marshfield Clinic Health System’s business health solutions services within north central Wisconsin, and will lead the north central region market development team. Important to this new role will be cultivating positive working relationships with employers, community leaders,

Contact: Jamie Mara (920) 209-3990 | jmara@voiceofmilk.com   GREEN BAY, Wis. — Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative, one of the largest dairy co-ops in the country, has hired Mykel Wedig, who has worked on federal ag policy issues in Washington, D.C., to join its government affairs team.  Wedig, who grew up on a dairy farm in Wisconsin, will be an associate director of government affairs for Edge. She most recently worked as cooperative liaison at Cooperative Network, which represents a variety of co-ops in Minnesota and Wisconsin.  She also worked as a legislative assistant to U.S. Sen. Richard Burr and to the House

Contact: GovPress@wisconsin.gov MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today released the below statement regarding Assembly Bill (AB) 1 as amended and advanced by the Wisconsin State Senate. “I’ve been grateful to work together with Republican Majority Leader LeMahieu to find common ground and pass a bill on COVID-19 that reflects a good faith effort in compromise and bipartisanship. Although it’s not the COVID compromise we originally proposed, AB 1 as amended by the Senate is a good start to support our state’s response to this pandemic. The Assembly should pass AB 1 as it was amended today and send it to my desk for my signature