Photo by Kyle Glenn on Unsplash. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources will close forty parks and outdoor recreation areas throughout Wisconsin, mostly in the southern part of the state. The change takes effect tomorrow. Since Governor Tony Evers issued his Stay-At-Home order late last month, Wisconsin’s parks have served as a way […]
Wisconsin National Guard Members to Work at Poll Sites
Due to the ongoing outbreak of novel coronavirus, fourteen states and one U.S. territory have made changes to their upcoming elections, either switching to mail-only voting or postponing them entirely. Wisconsin is not among them. The state Democratic Party and the Democratic National Committee have sued the state to postpone the upcoming April 7th election, […]
Madison locked down: Scenes of shelter-in-place
As more and more people in Wisconsin have contracted COVID-19, states and cities have taken more and more drastic measures to prevent the spread of the virus. The most recent measures, prompted by Governor Tony Evers’ call to stay “safer at home,” have involved closing down many of the businesses near the downtown area. All […]
Evers Declares Public Health Emergency
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers declared a public health emergency due to novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, today. Evers says this will grant more power to the state Department of Health Services and allow the state to fight the outbreak. Wisconsin’s first case of COVID-19 was found in Dane County in early February. Since then, seven others […]
Republicans Announce New Plan For Wisconsin Farmers
Last week, Wisconsin Assembly Republicans announced their plan for a new farm assistance package. Today, they offered more details on a plan that they claim will do more to help farmers, especially in the short term, than Evers’ plan would. Wisconsin’s agriculture industry has struggled in recent years. Wisconsin has lost an average of two […]
Evers, Republicans Split On Budget Surplus
Last month, the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau projected that Wisconsin would have a budget surplus of nearly $452 million by the end of 2021. While Republicans have repeatedly called for cutting taxes and returning that surplus to Wisconsin taxpayers, Governor Tony Evers signed an executive order earlier today calling on lawmakers to “recommit to two-thirds […]
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