COVID-19 Archive
COVID-19 Wisconsin Update #39 (4-15-20)
Senate Passes and Governor Evers signs AB 1038, Wisconsin’s COVID-19 Response Bill Today the Wisconsin State Senate met virtually to pass Assembly Bill 1038, Wisconsin’s COVID-19 response bill. Unlike the Assembly where nearly half of the members were in the Assembly Chamber, but socially distanced, only Senate President Roger Roth…
COVID-19 Wisconsin Update #38 (4-14-20)
In Extraordinary Session Assembly Passes AB 1038, Wisconsin’s COVID-19 Response Bill For the first time in state history the Wisconsin State Assembly convened a partially virtual session today to take action on Assembly Bill 1038, Wisconsin’s COVID-19 Response Bill. There were 42 members of the State Assembly physically present in…
COVID-19 Wisconsin Update #37 (4-13-20 PM)
Legislature’s Extraordinary Session on Coronavirus Response Bill Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) and Majority Leader Jim Steineke (R-Kaukauna) announced that the State Assembly will convene at 1:00 PM on Tuesday, March 14th for an Extraordinary Session. The Session will be broadcast on WisconsinEye. In a statement, the Speaker Vos and…
COVID-19 Wisconsin Update #36 (4-13-20 AM)
Today: An extraordinary session of the Wisconsin State Legislature is set to begin tomorrow (Tuesday). According to the Friday release by Legislative leader it had not been determined as of Friday, which day each chamber would meet. As soon as the proposed legislation and schedule is released we will distribute.…
COVID-19 Wisconsin Update #35 (4-11-20)
Governor Evers holds COVID-19 Briefing and Media Availability Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers was joined by Secretary-designee Andrea Palm, DHS Chief Medical Officer Dr. Ryan Westergaard, Wisconsin Veterans Affairs Secretary Mary Kolar, and Ryan Nilsestuen, Chief Legal Counsel in the Office of the Governor for their Friday media briefing on the…
COVID-19 Wisconsin Update #34 (4-9-20 PM)
Department of Health Services Weekly Facebook Live Q&A On Thursday, the Department of Health Services a Facebook Live Q&A session on the state’s COVID-19 response. Joining Secretary-designee Andrea Palm & Chief Medical Officer Ryan Westergaard were Department of Workforce Development Secretary Caleb Frostman & Unemployment Insurance Deputy Administrator Amy Banicki.…
COVID-19 Wisconsin Update #33 (4-9-20)
Potential COVID-19 Legislation Discussions have been ongoing between Republican and Democratic legislative leaders over a legislative package to react to the COVID-19 health emergency in Wisconsin. Previously Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers had released his proposed response to the pandemic in the following proposals; LRB 6128 (Summary) LRB 6105 (Summary) The…
COVID-19 Wisconsin Update #32 (4-7-20 PM)
LFB Memo on Federal Tax Law Changes Enacted in Response to the Coronavirus Outbreak This memorandum provides information regarding certain federal tax law changes enacted in response to the coronavirus outbreak in 2020. A limited number of new provisions in the Act will automatically be adopted for state tax purposes.…
COVID-19 Wisconsin Update #31 (4-7-20 AM)
Wisconsin April 7th Spring Election Moves Forward Just before 1:00 PM on Monday (April 6th), Gov. Tony Evers signed Executive Order #74, suspending in-person voting for the April 7 spring election, moving in-person voting to June 9, 2020. The order also directs the Legislature to meet in special session on…
COVID-19 Wisconsin Update #30 (4-6-20 AM)
Emergency Orders by the Governor On Friday, Governor Tony Evers and Department of Health Services Secretary-designee Andrea Palm signed Emergency Orders #19, #20 and #21. Those emergency orders do the following: Emergency Order #19, relates to allowing the disclosure of certain health information to first responders and other public safety…
