Stories tagged: "Sen. Steve Nass"

Environment Firefighting foam is invaluable for extinguishing blazes, but it also contains per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a group of man-made chemicals also found in other products. PFAS are known as "forever chemicals" because they do not easily break down in nature and become contaminants or health hazards. (Shutterstock image)
Environment Republicans Kill DNR Rules That Would Have Protected WI Water From ‘Forever Chemicals’

Administrative Rules Committee voted along party lines to remove enforcement sections to appease industry.

Christina Lieffring Christina Lieffring December 18, 2020 5:26 pm CST
Politics Wisconsin officials on the state and local levels are increasingly finding themselves faced with lawsuits when passing measuring to control the pandemic. (Shutterstock image)
Politics Officials Face a Choice in Fighting COVID: Face Lawsuits, or Let the Virus Spread

Only a few health departments in Wisconsin still have enforceable health orders as the virus has spread wildly and killed relentlessly.

Jonathon Sadowski Jonathon Sadowski December 9, 2020 3:03 pm CST
Politics Gov. Tony Evers vetoed a COVID-19 relief bill Friday after the GOP-controlled Legislature made too many changes to the compromise bill.
Politics Evers Asks GOP Leaders to Stop Weakening State’s Response to COVID-19

Instead, a GOP-led committee fights an emergency safeguard, even though it will expire by the time the Legislature can officially reject it.

Jessica VanEgeren Jessica VanEgeren October 12, 2020 5:29 pm CDT
Coronavirus GOP State Senators Plan to Take on Evers' Mask Order as Coronavirus Cases Spike
Coronavirus GOP State Senators Plan to Take on Evers’ Mask Order as Coronavirus Cases Spike

Senate leader indicates his chamber will convene to vote on ending the order.

Jessica VanEgeren Jessica VanEgeren July 31, 2020 4:24 pm CDT
Economy The Problem With The GOP Call Center Plan
Economy The Problem With the GOP Call Center Plan

Old software causes payment errors if data entry, processing occur at same time.

Jessica VanEgeren Jessica VanEgeren May 27, 2020 6:01 pm CDT

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A nurse fills a syringe with a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson-owned Janssen Pharmaceuticals. (Photo by Jon Cherry/Getty Images) Coronavirus Don’t Be Alarmed By Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Pause, Wisconsin Health Officials Say
An archival image of the Plainfield Tunnel Channel Lakes in Waushara County, which have experienced a reduction in water levels due to groundwater withdrawals for irrigated agriculture. (Photo credit: Wisconsin DNR) Natural Resources Clean Water at Stake as WI Supreme Court Hears Appeals to Take GOP Restrictions Off the DNR
Left: A sewer line under construction along St. Paul Avenue in Milwaukee in 1920. Right: Victor Berger, co-founder of the Socialist Party of America, editor of the Milwaukee Leader, and the first Socialist elected to Congress. Lower: Construction of a Milwaukee sewer line in 1932. (Photos courtesy: Wisconsin Historical Society and Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District. Graphic by Morgaine Ford-Workman.) Infrastructure Infrastructure Is Good Politics—Just Ask Milwaukee’s Sewer Socialists of 1904
The state Capitol in Madison is reflected off the windows of an office building across the street. (Photo by Julian Emerson) Politics Not Allowed: Nonpartisan Analysis Finds a Flaw in GOP Plans for Wisconsin Stimulus Money
Coronavirus Supreme Court Hands Evers Another Defeat
Coronavirus Lack of GOP Support Means No COVID-19 Rule

Counties question ability to issue orders as statewide rule no longer exists.

Jessica VanEgeren Jessica VanEgeren May 18, 2020 5:26 pm CDT