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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.…
Capitol Notes: Political & Legislative Update 4-9-2020
In this update Political Update COVID-19 Update Political Update April 7th Election No Election Results Yet! The Wisconsin Elections Commission posted on their blog on Tuesday morning clarifying that there will not be election results posted until Monday April 13th at 4:00 PM. According to their post, here is why:…
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…
COVID-19 Wisconsin Update #29 (4-3-20)
COVID-19 Media Briefing April 3rd, 2020 In his opening remarks Governor Tony Evers announced that he had just signed an executive order, Executive Order #73, calling the Legislature into Special Session to take up changes to the upcoming spring election. Gov. Evers is asking the Legislature to take up…
COVID-19 Wisconsin Update #28 (4-2-20 AM)
On Wednesday afternoon, DHS released updated numbers on test results in Wisconsin: The number of positive cases is up to 1,550 in Wisconsin, up 199 from 1351 in Tuesday’s update. 18,819 negative test results (17,375 negative test results were reported on Tuesday). 24 patients have died in Wisconsin (16 deaths were…
COVID-19 Wisconsin Update #27 (3-31-20)
On Tuesday afternoon, DHS released updated numbers on test results in Wisconsin: The number of positive cases is up to 1,351 in Wisconsin, up 130 from 1,221 in Monday’s update. 17,375 negative test results (15,856 negative test results were reported on Monday). 16 patients have died in Wisconsin (14 deaths were…