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Lawmakers should streamline regulations so more people can work.

The coronavirus crisis isn’t at all the same as the Great Recession, but once again the resulting economic disaster will hurt lower-income Americans the most, plunging them into personal economic crises just when they were recovering from the last one.

When Democratic Gov. Tony Evers vetoed the Republicans’ package of $392 million in tax cuts and debt payoff, he had no way of knowing how soon elected officials in the Capitol would need that cash.

Using Defense Production Act could save lives, but Trump won’t act.

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Her campaign charges against the Supreme Court amount to slander.
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Academy of Physician Assistants From WisPolitics.com … — The Wisconsin Technology Council is asking Gov. Tony Evers to take a “broad view” of essential business in the state for his stay home order to

A group of Milwaukee leaders on Monday joined the list of officials and organizers calling for the postponement of spring elections in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This follows a call from a bipartisan group of mayors in Wisconsin’s Fox

The Wisconsin Elections Commission on Monday warned local officials they can’t shutter early voting locations ahead of the April 7 election. The move comes after the City of Milwaukee announced it will no longer be operating its three in-person absentee
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — GOP legislative leaders today knocked Gov. Tony Evers for creating “mass amounts of confusion” as details of his “safer at home” order were held until tomorrow. Evers told reporters on Friday he

Citing safety concerns due to the coronavirus pandemic, some elected officials and others have called for the spring election to be postponed, while others have said it should continue to avoid leaving some offices vacant during the crisis.

In times like these, our tendency is to demand that the government “do something” about it. I assure you that our government IS doing as much as it can to respond to the virus. But we need to “do something” too. We need to stay home if we are sick. We need to find ways to work, shop and participate in society remotely or without exposing ourselves and others. We need to support local businesses in any way we can. We need to remain calm and do our part.

The profound social consequences of this pandemic have punctured the bubble of our version of normality.

Evers has not yet issued any orders that would provide for emergency, temporary, or out-of-state licensing for medical professionals.

Lawmakers should streamline regulations so more people can work.

The coronavirus crisis isn’t at all the same as the Great Recession, but once again the resulting economic disaster will hurt lower-income Americans the most, plunging them into personal economic crises just when they were recovering from the last one.

When Democratic Gov. Tony Evers vetoed the Republicans’ package of $392 million in tax cuts and debt payoff, he had no way of knowing how soon elected officials in the Capitol would need that cash.

Using Defense Production Act could save lives, but Trump won’t act.

Subscribe to a newspaper. Support public and community radio. Strengthen the lines of communication.

Her campaign charges against the Supreme Court amount to slander.
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Academy of Physician Assistants From WisPolitics.com … — The Wisconsin Technology Council is asking Gov. Tony Evers to take a “broad view” of essential business in the state for his stay home order to mitigate the spread of coronavirus. WTC President Tom Still in

A group of Milwaukee leaders on Monday joined the list of officials and organizers calling for the postponement of spring elections in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This follows a call from a bipartisan group of mayors in Wisconsin’s Fox Valley region on Friday pressing for the state to delay

The Wisconsin Elections Commission on Monday warned local officials they can’t shutter early voting locations ahead of the April 7 election. The move comes after the City of Milwaukee announced it will no longer be operating its three in-person absentee voting locations, because it could “no longer maintain sufficient staffing
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — GOP legislative leaders today knocked Gov. Tony Evers for creating “mass amounts of confusion” as details of his “safer at home” order were held until tomorrow. Evers told reporters on Friday he wasn’t considering an order to shelter in place, but “will

Citing safety concerns due to the coronavirus pandemic, some elected officials and others have called for the spring election to be postponed, while others have said it should continue to avoid leaving some offices vacant during the crisis.

In times like these, our tendency is to demand that the government “do something” about it. I assure you that our government IS doing as much as it can to respond to the virus. But we need to “do something” too. We need to stay home if we are sick. We need to find ways to work, shop and participate in society remotely or without exposing ourselves and others. We need to support local businesses in any way we can. We need to remain calm and do our part.

The profound social consequences of this pandemic have punctured the bubble of our version of normality.

Evers has not yet issued any orders that would provide for emergency, temporary, or out-of-state licensing for medical professionals.