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Feb 8, 2021

Evers announces new community vaccination sites

Gov. Tony Evers announced on Monday that his administration is partnering with an international health care organization to set up community sites for COVID-19 vaccinations.

Feb 8, 2021

Security guard punched for reminding man to wear mask

A Paddock Lake man is faced with charges after he was accused of punching a security guard who reminded him to wear a mask at a grocery store in Kenosha.

Feb 5, 2021

Evers vetoes Republican-backed COVID-19 bill

Gov. Tony Evers vetoed the first bill passed by the Legislature to address the coronavirus pandemic in 10 months on Friday, a Republican-backed measure that Democrats said would do nothing to combat the virus or help reopen the state.

Feb 5, 2021

Blank: UW-Madison faces $320 million pandemic loss by June

The University of Wisconsin-Madison will face $320 million in pandemic-related losses by the time the current fiscal year ends in June, Chancellor Rebecca Blank said on Thursday.

Feb 5, 2021

Wisconsin governor issues new mask mandate after GOP repeal

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers issued a new statewide mask order on Thursday, an hour after the Republican-controlled Legislature voted to repeal his previous mandate saying he didn’t have authority to make such a decree. Evers and the Legislature have been at odds throughout the pandemic but the […]

Feb 4, 2021

Wisconsin GOP repeals governor’s statewide mask mandate (UPDATE)

Wisconsin's Republican-controlled Legislature on Thursday repealed Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' mask mandate, brushing aside warnings from health experts against making Wisconsin one of only 10 states without a statewide order.

Feb 3, 2021

Wisconsin Assembly sends mask order repeal back to Senate

The Wisconsin Assembly plans to send the question of whether the state's mask mandate should be repealed back to the state Senate, which voted last week to end the requirement.

Jan 28, 2021

Wisconsin Assembly cancels vote on repeal of mask mandate (UPDATE)

The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Assembly was poised Thursday to repeal Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' mask mandate, a step that would brush aside warnings from health experts and make Wisconsin one of only 10 states without a statewide order.

Jan 27, 2021

Former Justice Kelly commends Senate for voting to repeal mask mandate

Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Dan Kelly commended lawmakers in the Senate for voting to repeal Gov. Tony Evers' statewide mask mandate.

Jan 27, 2021

Pharmacist charged in COVID-19 vaccine case to plead guilty

A Wisconsin pharmacist accused of trying to spoil dozens of vials of COVID-19 vaccine is faced with 20 years in prison after he agreed Tuesday to plead guilty in federal court, prosecutors said.

Jan 27, 2021

Wisconsin Senate votes to repeal Wisconsin mask mandate

The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate voted Tuesday to repeal Gov. Tony Evers' statewide mask mandate, despite warnings from virtually every sector of the health care profession that doing so would impair efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic.

Jan 27, 2021

Wisconsin Senate votes to repeal Wisconsin mask mandate

The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate voted Tuesday to repeal Gov. Tony Evers' statewide mask mandate, despite warnings from virtually every sector of the health care profession that doing so would impair efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic.

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