At least 393,810 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been wasted in Wisconsin since the vaccines became available in December 2020, according to state DHS numbers reviewed by WisBusiness.com. That’s about 4 percent of the more than 9.8 million total doses the
A county public health officer who is retiring after 40 years of service said she and her staff received threats over their work in trying to control the pandemic. Gail Scott, who is retiring as Jefferson County’s public health director/officer,
Gov. Tony Evers told WisPolitics.com he would consider offering new incentives to get Wisconsinites vaccinated against COVID-19. But he said ultimately it will be more effective to appeal to Wisconsinites’ desire to help their neighbors as the state pushes to
Foxconn will receive $28.8 million in state tax credits for 2020, just shy of the maximum award the Taiwanese manufacturer could receive under the revised deal Gov. Tony Evers signed this spring. WEDC CEO Missy Hughes said Wednesday the state
A legislative committee voted unanimously to deny the Milwaukee County DA a future raise over how John Chisholm’s office handled the case of a man who was released on $1,000 bail and later arrested after his SUV plowed through the
Incoming Assembly Minority Leader Greta Neubauer, D-Racine, told WisPolitics.com the Dem caucus has some healing to do after Rep. Jimmy Anderson charged that some of his colleagues questioned his ability to be in leadership due to his disability. Anderson, D-Fitchburg,
A Republican state senator says former Justice Michael Gableman’s investigation into the 2020 election should end and declares many Republicans agree with her. “I’ve got numerous communications from my Republican colleagues both in the Assembly and the Senate, thanking me
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss redistricting, Dem Assembly leadership elections, former Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman’s election investigation and more.
The swift confirmation of Tom Barrett to become the next ambassador to Luxembourg sets up a spring election to select his successor. The U.S. Senate last night confirmed Barrett via voice vote after Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., requested unanimous
A Dem member of the Wisconsin Elections Commission charged that “a small group of Republicans” is out to seize control of state elections infrastructure ahead of the 2022 elections. “There’s a small group of Republicans that are willing to make
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the Wisconsin Elections Commission rejecting a complaint over election grants, COVID-19, the GOP push to oust Milwaukee County DA John Chisholm and Assembly Speaker Robin
State Superintendent Jill Underly is firing back at the Joint Finance Committee co-chairs over their “disappointing, disingenuous, and nakedly political letter” demanding her agency propose a new plan to direct $77 million in COVID-19 funds to districts that provided in-person
The chairman of the Assembly Judiciary Committee said Milwaukee County DA John Chisholm should change his policy on cash bail or resign. “If he refuses to do that, then he should step aside, and let someone who wants to prosecute
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss staffers working on former Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman’s 2020 election probe, the Wisconsin Elections Commission’s response to the Legislative Audit Bureau election audit; the
Gov. Tony Evers today announced Wisconsin school districts will get an additional $134 per child through the $110 million in federal COVID-19 funds he is directing their way. Evers said districts will be able to invest the money in “whatever
