http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/clean-drinking-water-kid-s5.jpg“To be able to do it again, to drink water out of the tap, to drink water out of the hose, to know all of my neighbors in my community have clean water again, would mean a lot,” says resident.

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/eviction-notice-s5.jpgFederal ban on evictions is set to expire on Sunday, more than 11 million Americans affected.

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/healthcare2-s5.jpgOver 2.5 million Wisconsinites receive benefits.

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/christopher-davis-portland-s5.pngPortland Oregon Deputy Chief to come to Green Bay.

The President is instructing his administration to apply similar standards to all federal government contractors and encouraging private sector employers to follow his lead.

Bill also gives $1.125 billion for Afghan refugee resettlement and provide 8,000 Afghan special immigrant visas as the United States works to relocate individuals who helped the U.S. military.

WASHINGTON, DC - The Senate passed a $2.1 billion Capitol security bill on Thursday, including providing new funding for the Capitol Police as they face a fiscal cliff, sending the legislation to the House.

The bill includes $521 million to reimburse the National Guard, roughly $100 million for the Capitol Police, $300 million for Capitol security and $42.1 million related to COVID-19 costs in the Capitol.

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State agencies to help those affected by the storms this week.

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today signed Executive Order #128 declaring a statewide State of Emergency following widespread severe storms affecting several regions of the state overnight causing widespread damage, downed trees and power lines, power outages, and road closures due to debris. 

“Last night's storms affected communities from the Mississippi River to Lake Michigan, leaving many regions with widespread damage,” said Gov. Evers. “Wisconsinites are resilient, and I know first responders, utilities, and many across our state are working to respond today. I'm declaring a State of Emergency this morning to ensure state resources are available as we work together to get communities the support and help they need.”

Gov. Evers’ executive order directs state agencies to help those affected by the storms. It also allows the Wisconsin National Guard to be called to active duty, as the adjutant general deems necessary, to provide assistance supporting local authorities with their recovery efforts. 

Executive Order #128 is available here.

Republicans gaveled out of the special session on Tuesday without consideration or debate, reject more than $400 million for K-12, more than $100 million for higher education.

Vos calls Brandtjen "misinformed" on audit of the 2020 election.

MADISON, Wis. — Tuesday, Robin Vos clarified that he was performing a forensic audit on the 2020 election to please Donald Trump and far-right extremists, saying, “Just like perhaps President Trump was misinformed about what we’re actually doing in Wisconsin, I feel like my colleague Rep. Brandtjen is misinformed about what we’re doing in Wisconsin because we’re already doing a forensic audit.”

GOP Rep. Janel Brandtjen, chairwoman of the Assembly elections committee, called for a full forensic audit on Monday and questioned whether Vos’s election review went far enough, echoing Trump’s criticisms from last month. Vos also faced criticism from OAN correspondent and Arizona election review backer Christina Bobb, who said on The Regular Joe Show that Vos’s review is “totally fake.”

Vos, who announced a review of the 2020 election run by the GOP state legislature earlier this year, plans to pay election conspiracy theorist and former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman $44,000 to oversee the WI GOP’s sham review. And one of the investigators hired by Vos, Mike Sandvick, has been promoting partisan lies about election fraud since 2008, even being banned from the polls by the Milwaukee Police Department. It’s a sham “forensic” review run by election conspiracy theorists - what more could the far right want?

There’s no doubt that Wisconsin Republicans will use every scheme imaginable to sow doubt in our elections and justify their voter suppression bills. Wisconsin Republicans recently passed several laws limiting absentee voting, sparking backlash from the disability community, and have introduced at least fourteen bills overall seeking to undermine voting rights.

A recount, a report from Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security, and multiple rulings by courts in Wisconsin proved that the 2020 Wisconsin election was secure time and again. But Republicans are more focused on their political priorities than the needs of Wisconsinites.

“Despite the ongoing pandemic, the start of a new school year around the corner, and the GOP’s refusal to expand BadgerCare still leaving billions in federal dollars on the table, Republican lawmakers’ main priority remains fighting over how to investigate nonexistent voter fraud and pass more voter suppression bills,” said Democratic Party of Wisconsin Rapid Response Director Kayla Anderson. “Wisconsinites did not elect their representatives to waste taxpayer resources on politically-motivated reviews of an election that was proven to be secure by multiple law enforcement agencies. It is beyond absurd that the GOP is still rehashing this instead of focusing on building a better future for Wisconsinites.”

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/bart-starr-bridge-naming-packers-s5.jpgGovernor was in town Tuesday to sign bill making the bridge across the Fox River in the city of Green Bay the “Bart Starr Memorial Bridge.”