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Nearly one-in-three people in Wisconsin could become eligible for the coronavirus vaccine under the state’s next phase.  Wisconsin’s vaccine subcommittee yesterday agreed on an expansive list of people who could get the shot under Phase 1b. Teachers, prisoners, grocery store workers, anyone over 65, mink farmers, bus drivers, and more are all on the list. In all, Phase 1b could include one-point-six-million people in the state. Dr. Jonathan Temte with the UW-Madison School of Medicine says with that many people in the

Wisconsin’s congressional delegation is welcoming Joe Biden as the nation’s new president. Democrats Gwen Moore, Mark Pocan, and Ron Kind yesterday all celebrated Biden’s inauguration. The state’s Republicans said the inauguration shows that even after a contentious election, the nation can still have a peaceful transition of power. Congressman Scott Fitzgerald said Biden’s inauguration shows that the Constitution still works. Western Wisconsin’s Democratic congressman says it is a new era in Washington, D.C. Congressman Ron Kind yesterday said Joe Biden’s inauguration

There’s some agreement on a police reform package at the Wisconsin Capitol. Republicans Van Wanggaard and Anita Darling yesterday joined with Democrat Lena Taylor to unveil a package of proposed laws to have police departments be more transparent about their use of force. The proposals also include an overhaul of the police and fire commissions in both Milwaukee and Madison. There’s no word on just how much support the plans have with other lawmakers at the statehouse.

President Biden is not saying much about the letter former President Trump left him.  Trump left the White House earlier this morning and departed for his Mar-a-Lago resort in West Palm Beach, Florida.  He delivered remarks on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews, where he wished the Biden-Harris administration well and bid farewell to Washington. Former President Trump is back home in Florida after making his final flight on Air Force One.  He and former First Lady Melania Trump landed at Palm Beach International

President Biden is signing his first executive orders.  Biden is signing orders returning the U.S. to the Paris climate agreement and reversing President Trump’s travel ban on a number of Muslim majority nations.  He’s also signing orders directing the Education Department to extend a pause on federal student loan payments and interest, and extend the ban on evictions and foreclosures because of the pandemic.  In addition, there’s an order signed to require the wearing of face masks on all federal

The strong derecho that blew a destructive path across the Midwest last August is believed to be the costliest 24-hour storm in at least four decades.  The storm packed wind gusts of more than 90 miles an hour and flattened millions of acres of crops among other damage left behind in its path from South Dakota to Ohio.  The storm is believed to have caused 11-billion dollars in damage, making it the second costliest severe storm event since 1980.  Only

The new President and First Lady are in their new home.  Joe and Jill Biden walked the last part of the inaugural parade route and then entered the main doors of the White House with members of the large Biden family.  Vice President Harris also walked the last part of the parade route with her husband Doug Emhoff and members of the extended Harris-Emhoff family.  This year’s inaugural parade has been a slimmed-down affair.  President Biden is tweeting from his

The Department of Health Services is reporting over 15-hundred new COVID-19 cases statewide.  Today marks one year since the first COVID-19 case was reported in the United States.  Since that time more than 55-hundred Wisconsinites have died from the virus.  Officials have confirmed a total of 526-thousand cases since the beginning of the pandemic.

At-home test kits for COVID-19 are now available at the Department of Health Services website.  Users submit a saliva sample and send the kit back to DHS.  Collection of the saliva is monitored on Zoom to ensure the process is completed properly.  Results are generally available within 48 to 72 hours. CLICK WI DHS FOR MORE