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State sets COVID record, Evers prepares bills for next week
Wisconsin health officials reported more jaw-dropping COVID-19 infection numbers Thursday as people continued to flaunt recommendations to wear masks and avoid gatherings and state government remained gridlocked on how to beat the pandemic.
Dane County becomes Wisconsin’s first with mask requirement
All Dane County residents will be required to wear masks when indoors, except at their own home, under the first order of its kind issued Tuesday in Wisconsin as cases of COVID-19 are rising in the state, particularly among young adults.
Wisconsin high court tosses out governor’s stay-home order (UPDATE)
Gov. Tony Evers' administration overstepped its authority when it extended the governor's stay-at-home order through the end of May, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
What you missed during oral arguments in Legislature’s COVID-19 order lawsuit (INFOGRAPHIC)
The Wisconsin Legislature's lawsuit over Gov. Tony Evers' stay-at-home order is making headlines throughout the country. The state Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case this week, giving conservative justices on the court an opportunity to dig into the assistant attorney general representing Andrea Palm, the Department of Health Services secretary.
Conservative justices bash Wisconsin stay-at-home order
Conservative justices who control the Wisconsin Supreme Court raised doubts Tuesday about whether Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' stay-at-home order is legal, asserting that the Legislature never intended to give the executive branch so much power.
Legislator introduces more heroin bills (UPDATE)
A Republican assemblyman is working on several more bills designed to combat heroin and drug abuse.
Audit faults DHS for lack of housing policy
The state Department of Health Services could save money by establishing a written policy to identify housing for sexually violent offenders in the supervised release program, a nonpartisan audit released Thursday said.
Clients pay more for medical records under budget provision
The 2011-13 state budget has made it more expensive for attorneys — and, by extension, their clients — to request some standard medical data.
Milwaukee Co. employees charged in Foodshare fraud
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Three employees of the Milwaukee County Department of Health Services and two others have been charged with defrauding Wisconsin’s FoodShare program out of more than $350,000. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports the sheriff’s office announced the three are suspected of issuing fraudulent Quest cards, used by program participants to buy food. The […]
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