'Ridiculous:' Getting unemployment check means registering for job search you'll never do
MILWAUKEE -- It's a call for help that has (literally) gone unanswered.
Can he do that? The law (and history) behind the governor's emergency powers
MADISON -- Does Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers really have the power to make you stay home?
Wisconsin Republicans push back state convention to July
MADISON -- The Wisconsin Republican Party is pushing back its state convention to July, even as state GOP leaders are trying to overturn a stay-at-home order that runs until May 26.Republicans had originally scheduled their state convention for May 15 and May 16 in Green Bay.
Wisconsin Republicans sue governor over stay-at-home order
MADISON -- Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature asked the state Supreme Court on Tuesday, April 21 to block an extension of the Democratic governor's stay-at-home order, the most partisan divide yet in the fight against the coronavirus.The lawsuit came even as Vice President Mike Pence said during a tour of a Madison ventilator manufacturer that social distancing and other mitigation efforts are slowing the spread of COVID-19.The lawsuit was expected after Gov.
'A plan with specifics:' Washington County officials create their own 'Blueprint for Reopening'
WEST BEND -- Washington County officials said Governor Tony Evers' "Badger Bounce Back" plan to reopen the state amid the coronavirus pandemic is too vague, so they unveiled their own on Tuesday, April 21.
'We will do what it takes:' Small business owners urge state to re-open economy on limited basis
RACINE -- It's been a month since Gov.
Outbreak of COVID-19 at meat processing plant in Green Bay; Gov. Evers sends test supplies, PPE
GREEN BAY -- There has been an outbreak of COVID-19 cases among employees at the JBS Packerland meat processing plant in Green Bay, a spokesman for the Brown County Health Department said Monday, April 20.The beef production plant that employees around 800 people remains operating as an essential business, said health department spokesman Ted Shove.
Brookfield police issue statement on large protest; 1 of approximately 1,000 referred for charges
BROOKFIELD -- City of Brookfield police on Monday, April 20 issued a statement following a large protest Saturday, April 18 against the extension of Governor Tony Evers' "Safer at Home" order amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Open Record Special Edition: Can he do that? (Part 2)
MILWAUKEE -- Just a few days ago, people in Wisconsin got word the 'Safer at Home' order will extend to May 26th.
Wisconsin justices consider scaling back Evers' veto powers
MADISON — An attorney for a conservative law firm urged the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday, April 20 to rein in the governor's expansive partial veto powers, arguing the chief executive's ability to rewrite state law tramples on the separation of powers with the Legislature.The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty filed a lawsuit last year seeking to overturn four of Democratic Gov.
'They cannot survive:' Wisconsin Tavern League calls for opening bars, restaurants by May 1
MADISON — The Tavern League of Wisconsin is calling on Gov.
'A perfect storm of trauma:' Expert says COVID-19 could have lasting impact on healthcare workers
MILWAUKEE -- The COVID-19 pandemic is having an impact on all of us, and medical professionals who are in the midst of it are no exception.
'Get our economy back:' Protesters assemble in Brookfield, want 'Safer at Home' restrictions dropped
BROOKFIELD -- Protesters say the extension of Wisconsin's "Safer at Home" order has gone too far and that now is the time to re-open parts of the state.
Wisconsin's bipartisan detente in fighting coronavirus ends
MADISON — Wisconsin’s tenuous bipartisan detente in fighting the coronavirus pandemic broke down this week with Democratic Gov.