MADISON, WI (Wisconsin Radio Network) – Governor Evers and the Department of Health Services want the State Supreme Court to quash a lawsuit challenging the Safer At Home orders.
In a filing with the court on Tuesday, Governor Evers and DHS Secretary Andrea Palm requested that the court dismiss the lawsuit filed by legislative Republicans. They say a request to go through a full rule making process in response to the COVID-19 outbreak is not the way to respond to a pandemic.
They also accuse the G O P of making requests without offering their own plans in response. Evers’ office says the Assembly and Senate have not held a single meeting to discuss COVID-19 since the start of his public health emergency orders.
One Wisconsin lawmaker is accusing the governor of flip-flopping on which businesses are being allowed to reopen. Governor Tony Evers tweaked his Safer at Home order Monday to allow dog groomers, kayak renting businesses, car washes and lawnmower repair shops to get back to work. Others are still closed.
Republican State Representative Jim Steinke says people are getting confused by the constant changes. Those businesses are reopening even though they don’t meet the governor’s Badger Bounce Back criteria.
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