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Politics GOP Coronavirus Aid Plan Has Some Big Strings Attached

Republicans will waive waiting period for unemployment if they can take more power from Evers and slash spending anywhere they wish

April 8, 2020
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Politics Evers Postpones Election, GOP Runs to Court

Governor calls new special session for Tuesday, sets new June election date

April 6, 2020
Coronavirus Aurora Sinai Medical Center in Milwaukee now has a refrigerated truck that may be used as a temporary morgue due to the growing number of deaths from COVID-19. (Photo by Milwaukee Business Journal)
Coronavirus GOP Shuns Evers. State Tops 60 Deaths.

Disaster declaration approved by Trump. Refrigerated truck arrives in Milwaukee as a likely morgue.

April 4, 2020
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Politics Senate Dem Leader Shilling Not Seeking Re-election

She becomes the 5th Senator and 4th Democrat to leave the Legislature

April 2, 2020
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Politics States Team Up to Get Critical Supplies

Wisconsin planning now for stimulus aid that may be weeks away

March 30, 2020

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Alyssa Van Duyse donned protective gear, including an N95 mask, to be a polling place worker in Chippewa Falls during Tuesday’s spring election. Fears related to COVID-19 kept people who normally staff election sites to stay home, prompting Van Dyse and others who hadn’t previously done that work to help make the election possible. (Contributed photo ) Politics ‘It is Important to Protect the Right to Vote.’ What the Pandemic Election Was Like for Poll Workers
Wisconsin Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes during an online interview Tuesday from his Capitol office. Politics Lt. Gov. Barnes Blasts GOP for Election: ‘Remember Who Did This’
Gretchen Yoder waits in line to vote Tuesday at Washington High School in Milwaukee. She wore handwritten signs on her purse and shirt that read: "This is what voter suppression looks like," a protest of the Wisconsin Supreme Court's decision to overrule Gov. Tony Evers' executive order postponing Tuesday's election. (Photo by Jonathon Sadowski) Politics Election Day: Coming Together, Knowing They Should Be Staying Apart
Image via Shutterstock Coronavirus Should I Wear A Mask? Can I Leave My Home? We Answer Your Quarantine Questions.
Politics Sen. Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, Senate Majority Leader and Rep. Robin Vos, R-Rochester, Speaker of the Assembly, take questions by speakerphone from reporters about the coronavirus outbreak, the "Safer at Home" order from Gov. Evers, and the concern about the upcoming April 7 election. (Courtesy: WisconsinEye)
Politics GOP Leaders Want to Keep April 7 Election

Speaker Robin Vos, Sen. Scott Fitzgerald talk up working together with Evers

March 25, 2020
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Economy More Than 100,000 File for Unemployment in Wisconsin

'Safer at Home' vital to halt virus, but millions of Americans waiting on Congress and Legislature for support

March 24, 2020