Month: July 2020

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul is teaming up with former Republican Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen to lead a new bipartisan group promoting absentee voting and safe in-person voting this fall. Kaul and Van Hollen announced Tuesday they'll serve as co-chairmen of a new Wisconsin chapter of VoteSafe. Members include former Republican Gov. Scott McCallum as well as Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and Milwaukee County Executive […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by two dozen Wisconsin residents challenging a variety of local stay-at-home orders enacted to curb the spread of the coronavirus. U.S. District Judge William Griesbach on Monday dismissed the challenge, saying those bringing it did not properly join all of the defendants into one lawsuit. The judge says that mistake requires that the lawsuit be dismissed, but it […]

A retired Ripon College economics professor says a surge in coronavirus cases threatens the economic recovery in Wisconsin and across the country.   The economy seized in unprecedented terms this spring with mandated lockdowns and economist Paul Schoofs says the virus outbreaks are threatening another recession this fall.  Schoofs says unlike other countries, the United States has failed to get the virus under control,  because people are not following public health guidelines,  including wearing face […]

The president of Envision Greater Fond du Lac says there is some glimmer of hope in a new survey conducted by the state’s chamber of commerce on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.  The survey found  three-quarters of Wisconsin companies said COVID-19 and the state’s safer at home order had a negative financial impact on their business, but only 23 percent predict they will end the year in the red.  Envision president and CEO […]