The Milwaukee Bucks went on strike during their playoff game yesterday, protesting the Kenosha police shooting of Jacob Blake on Sunday. The Bucks’ players issued a statement demanding the police officers responsible for the shooting be held accountable. They also called for the state legislature to take up a package of police reform bills next […]
Conservative Law Firm Files Lawsuit Against Wisconsin Mask Mandate
Photo from Activedia / 201 images on Pixabay. On Tuesday, the conservative law firm Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, or WILL, announced that it would be challenging Governor Tony Evers’ mask mandate in court. The firm filed the lawsuit in the Polk County circuit court on behalf of three Wisconsin residents. Governor Evers’ mask […]
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers Signs Executive Order Mandating Masks
Photo by Engin akyurt on Unsplash. “A few months ago, Wisconsin was in pretty good shape,” said Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers. “The numbers were improving and we had made real progress in fighting this virus. Unfortunately, things have changed drastically since then. The tide has turned and we’re seeing a surge in new cases across […]
Wisconsin Will Hold Spring Elections Tomorrow
Wisconsin’s elections are still on tomorrow after a last second back-and-forth between Governor Tony Evers and Republican lawmakers. Earlier today, with Wisconsin’s presidential primary less than twenty-four hours away, Governor Tony Evers issued an executive order suspending in-person voting in the state. “We expect more cases [of COVID-19], we expect more deaths, [and] we expect […]
State, Local Governments Seek to Aid Small Businesses, Unemployed Work...
At 5 p.m. yesterday, all restaurants and bars in Wisconsin closed per a mandate from Governor Tony Evers. In order to offset the economic losses of that order, Governor Evers announced that the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) would work with Wisconsin Emergency Management and the U.S. Small Business Administration to “unlock federal relief funds” […]
Absentee Voting Encouraged Amid COVID-19 Outbreak
In an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19 through the community, Public Health Madison & Dane County banned all gatherings with more than 50 people yesterday. And today, Governor Tony Evers issued a mandate that would apply such a ban statewide beginning at 12:01 a.m. tonight. With the April 7th presidential primary only three […]
