Category Archives: State Covid-19 Updates
Medical Loophole in WI COVID-19 Relief Bill Draws Scrutiny
The COVID-19 relief package recently enacted in Wisconsin is running into some backlash over a medical provision. Some say it strips legal protections for patients when negligent care is provided duri...
May 02, 2020 Presidencia de la República Mexicana / CC
Wisconsin to Provide Temporary Food Benefits for Children Missing School Meals
In a COVID-free world, more than 400,000 Wisconsin children receive free or reduced price meals through the National School Lunch Program while attending school. To ensure that those same students con...
May 01, 2020
Wisconsin National Guard Conducting Mobile Testing at Sites Around the State
Eleven specimen collection teams from the Wisconsin National Guard are operating across Wisconsin supporting local health departments and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services to increase the st...
May 01, 2020 The National Guard / CC
Wisconsin Receives Delivery of 230,000 N95 Masks from FEMA
Gov. Tony Evers today announced Wisconsin has received a delivery of 230,000 N95 respirator masks from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), providing a needed boost to efforts to obtain per...
Apr 30, 2020 Mark Chang / CC
DHS Releases Data About COVID-19 Public Health Investigations and Outbreaks Across Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) released new data today on its website about COVID-19 facility-wide public health investigations and outbreaks in areas across the state. On April 29,...
Apr 29, 2020
Treasurer Godlewski Leads Task Force in Examining COVID-19 Impact on Retirement Security
Wisconsin State Treasurer Sarah Godlewski brought Governor Evers' Retirement Security Task Force together today for a virtual meeting to discuss the impact COVID-19 will have on the ongoing retirement...
Apr 29, 2020 Garry Knight / CC
DNR to Reopen 34 State Parks and Forests with Special Conditions on May 1
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources will reopen 34 state parks and forests on Friday, May 1 at the direction of Gov. Evers with special conditions. The DNR will modify current operations to ...
Apr 28, 2020
Gov. Evers Expands Allowed Operations for Nonessential Businesses
Today, Gov. Tony Evers expanded the allowed operations for nonessential businesses, providing even more opportunities for businesses to get back to work in a safe and responsible way. The Emergency Or...
Apr 27, 2020 Governor Tony Evers Official Portrait
WMC Announces Plan to Get Back to Business
Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC) - the combined state chamber, manufacturers' association and safety council - unveiled its Back to Business plan on Friday, the same day Gov. Tony Evers' i...
Apr 26, 2020
Governor: Percentage, Not Raw Numbers, Will Determine When Wisconsin Re-Opens
Governor Tony Evers is responding to the Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce's plan to re-open businesses in the state. The governor said a May 4th re-opening date is inconsistent with both his Badge...
Apr 26, 2020
