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Eviction moratorium continues during COVID-19 health crisis

April 14, 2020 By Raymond Neupert

Money is tight for a lot of people, and that might mean that rent checks aren’t being paid. But for now, no one is going to be evicted from their homes for non-payment.

State consumer protection administrator Lara Sutherlin says that doesn’t mean your rent check to your landlord is forgiven, though.

“We’re encouraging landlords and tenants to work together and to think about how they can get through this crisis together and get this rent paid.”

Landlords will still be able to collect rent once the order is lifted. “At that point, landlords can use whatever powers they can to get that rent from you, including eviction. But during the moratorium you cannot be evicted for failure to pay rent.”

Sutherlin says that landlords that need to get help paying their own bills during this time are encouraged to get help from their bank or their mortgage lender to get past the crisis. 

Sutherlin says landlords under no circumstances should be doing self serve evictions of residents, says Sutherlin.

“Deal with it legitimately in the courts after the crisis is over and after the moratorium is lifted.”

Police and sheriff’s departments will be enforcing the eviction moratorium. The only reason they will allow evictions is for reasons other than non-payment like property damage or other circumstances.

Filed Under: Brewers, News, Politics / Govt

Wisconsin counties pass open records audit from Marquette University team

April 14, 2020 By Raymond Neupert

Local Wisconsin governments passed a recent open records audit from Marquette University.

That study asked sheriffs and county governments in ten states for arrest records, complaints about potholes, and hiring records.

Professor A. Jay Wagner says Wisconsin gets a perfect score, even if it took a while.

“100%! Some of them took longer than others. There was a request with Public Works in Milwaukee County that took 6 months to finally figure out. I had to drive out to Wauwatosa to get them.”

Wagner says there’s a sheriff’s department in Oklahoma that still refuses to comply with their request.

“They told us we can have the information we just have to come pick it up. They said the Oklahoma public records law does not require them to email the records or mail them to us.” That case could go all the way to the Oklahoma State Supreme Court.

Wagner says it’s important that this information is available, because a government that doesn’t want to be open with its citizens is a government that can’t be trusted.

Filed Under: News, Politics / Govt

Look out for scammers looking to make a quick buck selling COVID-19 cures, says DATCP

April 10, 2020 By Raymond Neupert

Social media is swirling with fear and worry about the coronavirus, and that’s got plenty of crooks trying to make a quick buck.

State consumer protection administrator Lara Sutherlin says anyone who’s trying to sell you a cure at all is a scam artist. 

“We’re seeing scams around fake oils, fake vaccinations, fake home cures, because people are scared and these kinds of scams work.”)

Sutherlin says no multi level marketing product is going to help you. “There are no vaccines right now, and anybody who’s promising a cure for coronavirus is a fraudster and you should ignore them.”

The only way to prevent the spread of coronavirus is to stay home and practice good hygiene and social distancing.

 

Filed Under: Crime / Courts, Health / Medicine, News

Evers calls for special session to delay spring election and require all mail-in voting

April 3, 2020 By Raymond Neupert

Governor Tony Evers (WRN image)

Following an order this week from a federal judge that extended the time available to turn in absentee ballots, Governor Tony Evers wants lawmakers to put some more time on the clock for Wisconsin’s spring election. Republican leaders said the election should go ahead as planned, as Evers had been calling for.

Evers on Friday called for a special session of the Wisconsin legislature on Saturday, to vote on a plan to postpone Tuesday’s election and make it mail-in balloting only, with local clerks short thousands of poll workers, and municipalities reducing the number of polling places due to coronavirus,

“And that’s exactly why I called the session for tomorrow. I believe we can get to a place that works for all of Wisconsin. But clearly if the number of polling places is down, that’s going to make it much more difficult for social distancing.”

Folks, today I’m announcing that I signed an Executive Order calling the Legislature to meet in Special Session tomorrow, Saturday, April 4th at 4:00 p.m. to take up changes to the upcoming spring election. https://t.co/8m5HpvsRDz

— Governor Tony Evers (@GovEvers) April 3, 2020

Speaker Robin Vos (WRN image)

He’s looking for the legislature to cancel in-person voting, send everyone a ballot by May 19th, and to push the deadline to get ballots in to May 26th.

“The virus sets a timetable, not me, not Robin Vos and not Scott Fitzgerald. So the time is now. We have a plan that I believe can work, and we’re looking forward to a solution.”

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald responded in a joint statement: “We continue to support what Governor Evers has supported for weeks: the election should continue as planned on Tuesday.”

Evers said he’s been calling for several of these measures since last week, and had hoped the Legislature would come in and handle it without being called into a special session. 

Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald (WRN image)

The governor’s request to the legislature came just hours after a federal judge clarified his order regarding absentee balloting for Wisconsin’s spring election.

U.S. District Judge William Conley on Friday ordered that there be no reporting by elections officials, of any results from next Tuesday’s election until extended absentee balloting is complete the following Monday, April 13.

Conley granted a request from the Wisconsin Elections Commission following his order of Thursday for extended absentee voting. More than 1 million people have requested absentee ballots.

The election ballot includes the Democratic presidential primary, a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, and hundreds of local elected offices.

Filed Under: Legislature, News, Politics / Govt, Top Story

Democrat State Senator Jennifer Shilling decides to not run for re-election

April 2, 2020 By Raymond Neupert

Long time Democrat Senator Jennifer Shilling says she’s stepping away from the Legislature.

Shilling says that after 20 years in office, it’s time to step back from her role in the Capitol. Her two children are nearly grown, and Shilling says she’d like to spend more time with them.

Shilling was a state representative before being elected to the Senate in 2011, and then named as Senate Minority Leader in 2014.

She says she’s proud of her role in modernizing healthcare and pushing for criminal justice reforms while in the legislature. 

Filed Under: Legislature, News

Support Wisconsin made products during the COVID-19 response

April 1, 2020 By Raymond Neupert

The economic slowdown because of the COVID-19 pandemic is hitting Wisconsin’s farmers and food producers especially hard.

Alice in Dairyland Abigail Martin says buying local and keeping produce moving is vital to Wisconsin’s farmers. 

“1 in 9 people working in our state to hold a job related to agriculture so agriculture is really important to provide food for us but also to keep our economy going.” 

That’s over 437,000 people. A major portion of Wisconsin’s food and dairy goes to food service companies, so while restaurants are closed, more and more food isn’t going to market. 

Martin says more and more, people need to be looking for and buying Wisconsin-made food. 

“Your dollars aren’t going too far away from home and you’re going to be supporting your neighbors that are working in agriculture so that’s really one thing that we could be doing to help during this time.”

Martin says that the longer the shutdown lasts, the harder it will be to rebound for farmers. 

Filed Under: Agriculture, Business, News

UW-Madison Police investigating double homicide

March 31, 2020 By Raymond Neupert

Two people are dead following a double homicide at the UW-Madison Arboretum.

UW Police are reporting that a jogger found two people, a man and a woman, lying in a ditch early Tuesday morning.

One person was dead on scene, while the other was transported to a hospital and died a short time later.

Police are still investigating, but say it does not have anything to do with a shooting at UW-Hospital Tuesday afternoon.

Filed Under: Crime / Courts, News

Gov. Evers puts hold on evictions during COVID-19 emergency

March 27, 2020 By Raymond Neupert

Governor Evers is officially putting a moratorium on evictions and foreclosures, for now

The order, signed on Friday, will prohibit banks and landlords from going through evictions or foreclosures due to non-payment against their tenants and homeowners for the next 60 days. This is not a rent forgiveness order, and people still owe that money.

Evers says people who are able to continue to meet their financial obligations are urged to do so.

Filed Under: Business, Health / Medicine, News

COVID-19 deaths now at 14 in Wisconsin, first death reported in northern Wisconsin

March 27, 2020 By Raymond Neupert

The death toll from COVID-19 is now up to 14.

New deaths were reported in Milwaukee, Ozaukee and Iron Counties. That death in Iron County was also the first positive detection in the county.

The Department of Health Services says the total number of confirmed cases is also up to 842, but is probably a lot more. Dr. Ryan Westergaard says that the likely total number of people with the infection could be up to 10 times as many people, but that most people who have the disease are not being tested for it. 

All of the state’s counties are listed as having a high chance of infection at this point. Dane County health officials put out an alert on Friday stating that community spread is in place in the county, and that anyone who ventures out into public should assume they’re being exposed to COVID-19.

 

Filed Under: Fires/Accidents/Disasters, Health / Medicine, News

Dane County reports first COVID-19 death

March 25, 2020 By Raymond Neupert

Dane County has it’s first death from COVID-19. Public Health Madison & Dane County said a person in their late 70s died from the coronavirus.

“We are saddened by the loss of one of our community members, and we extend our sympathies to their loved ones,” said Janel Heinrich, Director of Public Health Madison & Dane County. “COVID-19 can cause serious health complications and death, especially among older adults and people with chronic health conditions, that’s why it’s important that we all work together to prevent the spread of illness.”

Over 70 people in Dane County are confirmed to be infected with the virus. Heinrich urges people to follow Governor Evers’ safer at home orders and to not give the virus a chance to spread.

 

Filed Under: Health / Medicine, News

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