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Group provides recommendations to address the effects of climate change and create a clean energy economy in Wisconsin.

MADISON - Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes will host on Thursday, May 21, 2020, at 9 a.m. the third member meeting of the Governor's Task Force on Climate Change via video teleconference. During the meeting, he will also hold a brief press availability. 

Through Executive Order 52, Gov. Tony Evers created the Task Force on Climate Change and named Lt. Gov. Barnes as the chairman.The task force is comprised of individuals from across the state representing various industries, including agriculture, small business, utilities, and Indigenous communities. They are charged with providing policy recommendations to Gov. Evers to address the effects of climate change and create a clean energy economy in Wisconsin.

Lt. Gov. Barnes will be available to speak with the press about the task force at 10:45 a.m on a separate Zoom call.

WHO: Lt. Gov. Barnes

WHAT: Task Force on Climate Change Member Meeting and Press Availability

WHEN: Thursday, May 21, 2020, at 9 a.m. Press Availability at 10:45 a.m.

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City follows Brown County to allow businesses to reopen without risk of penalty or prosecution.

DE PERE, WI - "In response to a sudden change of direction from Brown County Health & Human Services on Friday, May 15, the City of De Pere is immediately withdrawing its local order that continued provisions of the state’s Safer-at-Home Order.

This move allows businesses in the City of De Pere to reopen without risk of penalty or prosecution, although the De Pere Health Department and other local officials strongly urge businesses and groups – and any patrons of these entities - to continue observing the public health guidance of the CDC and State while re-opening and resuming operations.

In addition to this, as always, the De Pere Health Department is available for advice and guidance as well.

Initially, after the Wisconsin Supreme Court overturned a statewide Safer-at-Home order on Wednesday, the City of De Pere joined Brown County (both departments have separate jurisdiction, but often work hand-in-hand due to proximity) and several other localities across the state in issuing local orders continuing Safer-at-Home guidance until May 20. This measure was announced yesterday, and done due to ongoing COVID-19 outbreaks and health concerns. Moreover, this order sought to create viable time to create more structured guidance for local businesses on how to safely re-open and resume operations from our health department.

Despite the City of De Pere wanting to foster this unified approach and avoid additional confusion for our citizens and local businesses, numerous surrounding localities, including Brown County Health and Human Services, have reversed course.

This has left our City in a difficult position, as we do not want to position ourselves on an island in our region and create further inconsistency and confusion in the County and surrounding area. Therefore, given this new direction our regional health partners have taken, and not wishing to create further divisive action or patterns of operations at odds with our neighboring communities, we are rescinding our Safer-at-Home order.

Despite this action, local government, our health department, and area businesses will continue to work steadfastly together to develop clear, strategic and consistent guidance on how to restart the local economy. That process will continue, with an eye toward providing businesses and organizations with best practices to allow them to operate in the best interests of public health and safety."

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Slow Administrative Code making process needed to enact protections for Wisconsinites during the COVID-19 pandemic as required by Court.

MADISON - Following the Supreme Court of Wisconsin's ruling striking down Wisconsin's Safer at Home order, Gov. Tony Evers today approved a statement of scope developed by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) beginning the administrative rule making process to enact protections for Wisconsinites during the COVID-19 pandemic. The governor's approval letter is available here and the scope statement is available here. 

The governor's statement on the Supreme Court of Wisconsin's ruling is available here.

"We have more cases than anybody in the world, but why? Because we do more testing,” Trump said.