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By Lexi Dittrich The Wisconsin State Assembly is expected this week to take up SJR 3, the resolution to end Governor Evers’ current state of emergency and mask mandate, and to take up AB 1, Wisconsin’s most recent COVID-19 legislation. The Assembly was supposed to vote on both last week, but the vote was postponed. Here’s the updated background on what happened:  In January, the State Senate drafted SJR 3 as a response to the Evers Administration’s continuous renewal of states of emergency for COVID-19. The resolution said that Governor Evers’ first 60-day emergency declaration exp...

By Dan O'Donnell Jan 25, 2021 Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers' administration misled reporters about the severity of last month's SolarWinds government computer hack, internal emails from the Evers Administration show. When news broke on December 20th that hackers believed to be from Russia gained entry to federal government systems using security vulnerabilities in SolarWinds software, reporters from both the Associated Press and Bloomberg News contacted Evers spokeswoman Britt Cudaback as well as Wisconsin Department of Administration (DOA) spokeswoman Molly Vidal. "Are you aware of anythi...

By Dan O'Donnell Jan 25, 2021 Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers' administration misled reporters about the severity of last month's SolarWinds government computer hack, internal emails from the Evers Administration show. When news broke on December 20th that hackers believed to be from Russia gained entry to federal government systems using security vulnerabilities in SolarWinds software, reporters from both the Associated Press and Bloomberg News contacted Evers spokeswoman Britt Cudaback as well as Wisconsin Department of Administration (DOA) spokeswoman Molly Vidal. "Are you aware of anythi...

Updated: 5:25 PM CST Jan 20, 2021 A Wisconsin advisory committee added groups like teachers, grocery store workers and inmates to the list of those eligible to now receive the COVID-19 vaccine.Continuing Coverage: Coronavirus in WisconsinBut many residents with serious medical conditions have still been left out.The state's vaccine advisory group said some tough calls had to be made and even with that, nearly half of the state's population will be eligible for the vaccine in these first two phases.Phase 1B begins Monday.A 19-member statewide panel had the tough job of deciding who i...

On Monday, January 18 th, the incoming Biden Administration announced that it was appointing Wisconsin DHS Secretary-Designee Andrea Palm to be the Deputy Secretary of HHS. It’s hard to imagine she will be missed much in Wisconsin. There was really only one reason why Gov. Evers picked Andrea Palm to be his Department of Health Services Secretary. Palm had no personal connection to Wisconsin. She was not a doctor. She had no formal education in public health. She had no track record of leading a major government agency. None of that mattered. She was politically connected. Not surprisingly,...