Friday COVID-19 numbers for Wisconsin
One more death due to COVID-19 and 36 additional hospitalizations were reported in Wisconsin on Friday. The Department of Health Services reported 826 – or 7.8 percent – of 10,570 new test results were returned as positive.
Baldwin focuses on health care in DNC speech
U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin referenced her own personal history health care, and her work Joe Biden on the Affordable Care Act, during her speech to the virtual Democratic National Convention from Milwaukee Thursday night. Baldwin mentioned her
Conservation lobby group names Vos to ‘dishonor roll’
It was a disappointing legislative session for Wisconsin Conservation Voters. Jennifer Giegerich (guyg-rick) is Government Affairs Director for the environmental lobby group, which released its annual Conservation Scorecard this week. “Not a single clean water bill addressing
DeJoy says a dozen mail sorting machines were removed in Wisconsin
U.S. Postmaster General Loius DeJoy says his office won’t be reinstalling 12 mail sorting machines that were removed in Wisconsin. During a Senate hearing Friday before a committee chaired by Wisconsin Republican Ron Johnson, Dejoy said the
Republican legislative leaders request extra presidential debate in Wisconsin
Republican leaders in the Wisconsin legislature are requesting that a presidential debate take place in Wisconsin in early September, in order for voters here to see candidates Joe Biden and Donald Trump together, prior to the start
Grothman warns Biden ‘would fundamentally change the country’
Former Vice President Joe Biden formally accepted the nomination of the Democratic Party for President Thursday night, bringing the largely virtual Democratic National Convention to a close. A Republican congressman from Wisconsin says he’s deeply concerned, if
Jobless picture improves, utility disconnection moratorium extended
Wisconsin’s jobless picture is improving. The Department of Workforce Development reports Wisconsin unemployment for July fell to seven percent. That’s down from 8.6 percent in June, but is still double what the jobless rate was before the
New at Noon – Morgan Wallen “7 Summers”
Morgan Wallen has just released a brand new song, “7 Summers.” He co-wrote the tune with Shane McAnally and Josh Osborne. With the track’s release, he wrote on his social media, “This came out because of y’all.
Helbachs coffee in Middleton to close shop after lease expires
A Middleton coffee shop that violated the state’s mask order will be closing, but not because of the health department. A post on the Helbachs Coffee Instagram page says their landlord is ending their lease at the
UW System Regents request 3.5% increase in spending
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents is including a request for an increase in spending in the budget proposal it will forward to the governor. UW System President Tommy Thompson told the Board he is