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To help workers impacted by the growing coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Tony Evers has called on lawmakers to immediately repeal a one-week delay in collecting unemployment benefits — something Republicans approved nearly a decade ago. Evers also ordered bars and restaurants

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Academy of Physician Assistants From WisPolitics.com … — The January projection that the state will take in an additional $818.2 million through mid-2021 will almost certainly be lower than anticipated due to COVID-19’s impact

Requests to vote absentee have surged in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, according to the Wisconsin Elections Commission. WEC today said roughly 64,000 of the more than 173,000 total requests for an absentee ballot have come in since Friday.

The state Dem Party is having “internal discussions” on contingency options for its June 12-13 convention in Wisconsin Dells. Spokeswoman Courtney Beyer told WisPolitics.com options under consideration include limiting the number of people who can attend the convention in person
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — To help workers impacted by the growing coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Tony Evers today called on lawmakers to immediately repeal a one-week delay in collecting unemployment benefits — something Republicans approved nearly a

As we work to slow the spread of COVID-19 — and mitigate the economic and very personal effects that come with those actions — we have to look for the helpers. For the most vulnerable among us, this is where relief will be found. And for the more privileged among us, it is where we will find guidance and inspiration to do our part. For those of us who are able, it’s time to be the helpers.

House passed relief bill goes to Senate, Johnson and Baldwin should support it.

Let’s not let panic over the Coronavirus lead Wisconsin down a policy path which we will come to regret in the future.

While some states are experiencing election crises this spring — for reasons beyond their control and for reasons they should have controlled — Wisconsin does not have to be one of them.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel suggests state Department of Health Services Secretary-designee Andrea Palm somehow can’t concentrate on the public campaign against the novel coronavirus because the Senate has yet to confirm her.

To help workers impacted by the growing coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Tony Evers has called on lawmakers to immediately repeal a one-week delay in collecting unemployment benefits — something Republicans approved nearly a decade ago. Evers also ordered bars and restaurants to be closed to in-house patrons as of 5 p.m.

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Academy of Physician Assistants From WisPolitics.com … — The January projection that the state will take in an additional $818.2 million through mid-2021 will almost certainly be lower than anticipated due to COVID-19’s impact on the economy, according to the Legislative Fiscal Bureau. LFB

Requests to vote absentee have surged in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, according to the Wisconsin Elections Commission. WEC today said roughly 64,000 of the more than 173,000 total requests for an absentee ballot have come in since Friday. Around 39,000 of those requests came in yesterday. The total

The state Dem Party is having “internal discussions” on contingency options for its June 12-13 convention in Wisconsin Dells. Spokeswoman Courtney Beyer told WisPolitics.com options under consideration include limiting the number of people who can attend the convention in person and holding some events virtually. Beyer stressed that discussions on
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — To help workers impacted by the growing coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Tony Evers today called on lawmakers to immediately repeal a one-week delay in collecting unemployment benefits — something Republicans approved nearly a decade ago. Evers also ordered bars and restaurants to be

As we work to slow the spread of COVID-19 — and mitigate the economic and very personal effects that come with those actions — we have to look for the helpers. For the most vulnerable among us, this is where relief will be found. And for the more privileged among us, it is where we will find guidance and inspiration to do our part. For those of us who are able, it’s time to be the helpers.

House passed relief bill goes to Senate, Johnson and Baldwin should support it.

Let’s not let panic over the Coronavirus lead Wisconsin down a policy path which we will come to regret in the future.

While some states are experiencing election crises this spring — for reasons beyond their control and for reasons they should have controlled — Wisconsin does not have to be one of them.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel suggests state Department of Health Services Secretary-designee Andrea Palm somehow can’t concentrate on the public campaign against the novel coronavirus because the Senate has yet to confirm her.