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Virus is under control until it isn’t.

We need to find ways to reopen our schools come the fall so the learning and socialization of youngsters can again be a part of their daily lives. We simply do not have the capability to educate students via long-distance learning in an equitable manner.

Through Gov. Evers’ extension of the Stay and Home Order, businesses and individuals are being crippled with no opportunity for relief. Sweden has had success with minimal governmental interference on everyday business, while still advocating for social distancing when necessary.

Abrams says she’s not campaigning to be Joe Biden’s vice president — but, if you ask her if she’d take the job, she won’t shy away from sharing her qualifications.

Virtually everyone is going to struggle to pay their taxes and it would add insult to injury if local governments were to propose tax increases this fall while not imposing any pain on their own organizations.

A Wisconsin Dells business finds itself the possible victim of a government arbitrarily exercising its emergency powers during the coronavirus pandemic.

Cash payments put Americans in the driver’s seat because they are empowered to decide how to spend it: pay bills, buy groceries, save, invest in a more energy efficient car, spend it at a local business, or anything else.
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UW-Madison will furlough nearly all of its faculty, academic and university staff as part of its plan to cope with a $100 million budget shortfall brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Chancellor Rebecca Blank in a letter to employees said

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Assembly State Affairs Committee will take testimony today from invited speakers on a WMC plan to reopen state businesses. The office of Chair Rob Swearingen, R-Rhinelander, said
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Evers administration estimates the state will save $70 million from agency budget cuts ordered to cope with the financial impact of the COVID-19 impact. Still, that is only a fraction of

State law grants the Department of Health Services broad powers to “act rapidly and decisively” to deal with a health pandemic, including a stay-at-home order that runs through May 26, DOJ argues in a new filing with the Wisconsin Supreme
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DHS’ order at once represents a grossly unconstitutional infringement on individual rights, an arbitrary and capricious application of draconian restrictions on the citizenry, and a blatant violation of Wisconsin law governing emergency powers.

Virus is under control until it isn’t.

We need to find ways to reopen our schools come the fall so the learning and socialization of youngsters can again be a part of their daily lives. We simply do not have the capability to educate students via long-distance learning in an equitable manner.

Through Gov. Evers’ extension of the Stay and Home Order, businesses and individuals are being crippled with no opportunity for relief. Sweden has had success with minimal governmental interference on everyday business, while still advocating for social distancing when necessary.

Abrams says she’s not campaigning to be Joe Biden’s vice president — but, if you ask her if she’d take the job, she won’t shy away from sharing her qualifications.

Virtually everyone is going to struggle to pay their taxes and it would add insult to injury if local governments were to propose tax increases this fall while not imposing any pain on their own organizations.

A Wisconsin Dells business finds itself the possible victim of a government arbitrarily exercising its emergency powers during the coronavirus pandemic.

Cash payments put Americans in the driver’s seat because they are empowered to decide how to spend it: pay bills, buy groceries, save, invest in a more energy efficient car, spend it at a local business, or anything else.
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UW-Madison will furlough nearly all of its faculty, academic and university staff as part of its plan to cope with a $100 million budget shortfall brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Chancellor Rebecca Blank in a letter to employees said mandated unpaid leave for workers would begin by May 15

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The Assembly State Affairs Committee will take testimony today from invited speakers on a WMC plan to reopen state businesses. The office of Chair Rob Swearingen, R-Rhinelander, said committee members will be given the choice between joining the
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Evers administration estimates the state will save $70 million from agency budget cuts ordered to cope with the financial impact of the COVID-19 impact. Still, that is only a fraction of the $2 billion the administration has already estimated the state

State law grants the Department of Health Services broad powers to “act rapidly and decisively” to deal with a health pandemic, including a stay-at-home order that runs through May 26, DOJ argues in a new filing with the Wisconsin Supreme Court. The state Department of Justice also argues lawmakers are
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DHS’ order at once represents a grossly unconstitutional infringement on individual rights, an arbitrary and capricious application of draconian restrictions on the citizenry, and a blatant violation of Wisconsin law governing emergency powers.