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Written by GOV Press Wisconsin
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Friday, 20 November 2020 09:58 |
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 MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers Thursday delivered the Democratic Radio Address on the need for statewide mitigation efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19 and issuing a new public health emergency to extend into January 2021.
Audio file of radio address.
Hello, Wisconsin. Governor Tony Evers here.
Nearly two months ago, we issued our current public health emergency on September 22nd.
Back then, our 7-day average of daily new positive cases was around 1,800.
Unfortunately, things have worsened quickly since then.
We’ve now more than tripled our 7-day average, averaging now 6,400 new positive cases per day.
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has tripled—we have now almost 324,000 positive cases in Wisconsin and our total number of COVID-19 deaths is 2,741.
And our current public health emergency expires this Saturday, November 21st.
But it’s clear based on where we’re headed, we cannot afford to stop or have a gap in some of our only mitigation efforts we still have in place.
That’s why I will be declaring a new state of emergency this week and extending our public health emergency until January of next year.
We will also be reissuing Emergency Order #1 requiring face coverings in public places.
We’ve got a long road ahead of us, Wisconsin, but we need to buckle down and get through this together until then.
As always, please, stay home. Wear a mask if you have to go out, and otherwise stay home.
Call it what you want—flattening the curve, stopping the spread, staying safer at home… I’m going to call it what it is—saving lives. Thank you. |
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Written by Jon Erpenbach Press. State Senator 27th District
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Wednesday, 18 November 2020 11:56 |
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 State Senator Jon Erpenbach (D-West Point) responds to the Assembly GOP press conference Tuesday announcing the latest Republican 'ideas' on COVID-19 testing and contact tracing.
MADISON - Today we saw a total lack of leadership from Representative Vos, and Senate Republicans were absent altogether. April 15th was the last time we took the floor to address this issue and Robin Vos hasn’t brought a thing to the table since. The latest Republican 'ideas' of testing and contact tracing could have, in fact, should have, been addressed months ago were it not for GOP inaction.
 Ever since Republicans went to court to stop The Evers Administration from combating COVID-19, we've been told by the GOP that they were working on legislation. That was months ago, and still nothing.
Ninety-two people have died since yesterday and Speaker Vos is still trying to blame Governor Evers. As the Governor has been saying over and over again, his door has been open, it's the majority Republicans who continue to say no. And, it's not lost on Wisconsinites that the Republican Speaker of the State Assembly held a press conference today and said nothing. |
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Written by Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, Matt Rothschild
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Tuesday, 17 November 2020 11:33 |
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http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/gerrymander-elections-redistricting-s5.jpg Court is considering a proposal that would likely lead to another gerrymander in Wisconsin. Let them know how you feel.
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Written by Citizen Action of Wisconsin, Matt Brusky
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Friday, 13 November 2020 12:03 |
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 MILWAUKEE, WI - As COVID-19 surges dangerously out of control, we look forward to national and state course corrections. Next, we discuss the prospects for national healthcare reform in the coming Biden/Harris Administration. We evaluate Gov. Evers’ new COVID-19 Executive Orders, as health care workers and hospitals to the brink. We preview the 2021-22 state budget process and the importance of pushing to include BadgerCare Public Option and other structural reforms in Governor Evers’ next two year budget.
Listen Episode #467
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Written by Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, Matt Rothschild
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Friday, 13 November 2020 11:33 |
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 The contempt for the very essence of democracy by some Republicans has reached new depths as they enable Trump fantasy.
MADISON - This week, a Republican member of the Wisconsin Legislature actually said, on camera, that the election results should be invalidated!
This contempt for the very essence of democracy has reached new – and frightening – depths, as I write here:
Shame on Wisconsin Coup Enablers
Please write Rep. Joe Sanfelippo and tell him what you think about his comment on tossing out the elections. You can email him at
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Our research team has tabulated all the spending by outside groups in the elections. You can see those results here:
Electioneering Groups Spent Nearly $9.9M on Legislative Races
While the Democrats managed to outraise the Republicans in Wisconsin this time around, we don’t want the Democrats to get the wrong idea about the need for campaign finance reform, so we wrote the following:
State Dems: We Still Need Campaign Finance Reform!
 I hope you like what we’ve posted this week, and I thank you for all that you do to uphold democracy in these challenging times.
Best,
Matt Rothschild
Executive Director
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