MADISON – Gov. Tony Evers today directed Department of Health Services (DHS) Secretary-designee Andrea Palm to issue a Safer at Home order that prohibits all nonessential travel, with some exceptions as clarified and defined in the order. The order is available here. The order is effective at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, March 25, and will …
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By Press Times Staff BROWN COUNTY – Gov. Tony Evers took to Twitter Monday, March 23, to give Wisconsinites a heads up that a stay-at-home order will be coming. “Over the past few days, I’ve talked with public health experts and with business leaders and local elected officials around the state. Overwhelmingly the response I …
By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – The Green Bay school district is working tirelessly to prepare its students, staff, families and community for what lies ahead during these uncertain times, said Superintendent Michelle Langenfeld. Staff announced Tuesday, March 17, the next steps the district is taking to support more than 21,000 students for the …
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By Ben Rodgers Editor Gov. Tony Evers recently signed a piece of legislation to help combat homelessness, and it’s one we advocated for here in The Press Times. On Nov. 19, Gov. Evers signed Assembly Bill 52, now 2019 Wisconsin Act 22, allowing homeless, unaccompanied 17-year-olds the right to be admitted to a homeless shelter …
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By Lauren Waters Correspondent ALLOUEZ – The Allouez village board recently passed a motion to invite government officials to tour and discuss the closing of Green Bay Correctional Institution (GBCI), and its efforts paid off. At the Tuesday, Nov. 5, village board meeting, Village President Jim Rafter said Gov. Tony Evers and the Secretary for …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer BROWN COUNTY – Local municipalities continue to face the prospect of having to defend their property tax assessments against what’s known as the dark store loophole. This after legislative efforts have stalled to change state law related to tax assessments for leased property and assessments based on comparable sales and …
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By Patrick Wood Publisher Dear readers, We have a very direct request of you today, as part of the follow-up to our recent statewide reporting and editorial project on homelessness in Wisconsin: Please call today and urge your state senator to support Senate approval of eight nonpartisan bills that would launch $7.5 million in new …
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By Ben Rodgers Editor I recently learned I’m part of a problem that is hurting more and more Wisconsinites each year. I am part of the student debt crisis, and it’s worse than I could have ever imagined. The nationwide total is $1.6 trillion in student debt, a massive figure which signals economic woes greater …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – Student loan debt is a struggle many Wisconsinites know all too well – some owing thousands and even hundreds of thousands of dollars. “At first I thought that I was alone,” said Wisconsin State Treasurer Sarah Godlewski. “This issue is quite personal to me as well. I graduated …
By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – After state funding to help build a new visitor center in the Green Bay area wasn’t included in Gov. Tony Evers’ approved biennial budget, another effort has been introduced to provide a $2 million state grant for the project. Evers was on hand for a press conference Monday, …
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