MPD, health department to enforce 'Safer at Home' ordinance violations beginning May 2

MILWAUKEE -- Effective Saturday, May 2, the Milwaukee Common Council will authorize both the Milwaukee Police Department and the Milwaukee Health Department to issue citations for violations of Gov.

State chamber of commerce calls for opening businesses, rally planned for Friday

MADISON — Wisconsin's chamber of commerce on Friday called for opening all businesses starting May 4, three weeks sooner than is called for under Democratic Gov.

'We need that help:' 56K more Wisconsinites file for unemployment, others still waiting on filed claims

MILWAUKEE -- Last week, 4.4 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits, bringing the total number of people who have filed for unemployment over the last five weeks to roughly 26 million.

'Operation Gridlock Wisconsin:' Protesters vow to rally against 'Safer at Home' without permit

MADISON — Health officials tied nearly 150 coronavirus cases to a Green Bay meatpacking plant on Wednesday, April 22, while the number of people who may have contracted the virus after going to the polls on April 7 also grew.Meanwhile, organizers of a rally against Wisconsin's extended stay-at-home order said they would proceed with the event on Friday even though a permit to hold it on the grounds of the Capitol has been denied.To date, 246 people in Wisconsin have died from the virus and more than 4,800 have tested positive.

Gov. Evers, Speaker Vos speak out after lawsuit filed over 'Safer at Home'

MADISON -- The argument over whether to keep Governor Tony Evers' "Safer at Home" order in effect until May 26 has extended from the courtroom to the living room, with the public not waiting on a Supreme Court ruling to take action.Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature asked the state Supreme Court on Tuesday to block an extension of the Democratic governor's stay-at-home order, the most partisan divide yet in the fight against the coronavirus.

Wisconsin Republicans push back state convention to July

MADISON -- The Wisconsin Republican Party is pushing back its state convention to July, even as state GOP leaders are trying to overturn a stay-at-home order that runs until May 26.Republicans had originally scheduled their state convention for May 15 and May 16 in Green Bay.

Wisconsin Republicans sue governor over stay-at-home order

MADISON -- Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature asked the state Supreme Court on Tuesday, April 21 to block an extension of the Democratic governor's stay-at-home order, the most partisan divide yet in the fight against the coronavirus.The lawsuit came even as Vice President Mike Pence said during a tour of a Madison ventilator manufacturer that social distancing and other mitigation efforts are slowing the spread of COVID-19.The lawsuit was expected after Gov.

'A plan with specifics:' Washington County officials create their own 'Blueprint for Reopening'

WEST BEND -- Washington County officials said Governor Tony Evers' "Badger Bounce Back" plan to reopen the state amid the coronavirus pandemic is too vague, so they unveiled their own on Tuesday, April 21.