COVID-19 legislation finally passed by Republican controlled Legislature doesn't live up to compromise version.

MADISON — After Republican legislators abandoned compromise legislation, Gov. Tony Evers today vetoed Assembly Bill (AB) 1. The governor issued a statement earlier today indicating he would be vetoing the bill following passage in the Senate. Gov. Evers also called on Republicans to send him the compromise version of AB 1 passed by the Senate almost unanimously and with bipartisan support weeks ago, which the governor had previously indicated he would sign. 

The veto message for AB 1 is available here.

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http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/farmer-wicorn-s5.jpgThese are common sense, practical solutions meant to help farmers, stop the use of Wisconsin’s agriculture industry as a political football in Madison.

Bill would institute mask order for the remainder of the COVID-19 pandemic

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Rep. Gordon Hintz thinks Assembly Republican action Thursday to repeal Wisconsin’s statewide mask order is politically motivated.

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/schools-reopening-2020-cnn-s5.jpgEvers responds to Republicans in the Legislature who came in to vote down state’s public health emergency order and end requiring face coverings in public places.

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According to Up North News, Speaker Robin Vos and Assembly Majority Leader Jim Steineke created the Speaker’s Task Force on Racial Disparities as a way to gain political points, rather than actually taking action.

http://newiprogressive.com/images/stories/S5/vote-47-mb1-s5.jpgWhy must Wisconsin establish a nonpartisan redistricting process? Right now, the Majority Party faces no consequences for their inaction during a pandemic. Fair maps are needed to correct a system that’s been cheating the people of our state for far too long.