Board Rejoins WI Counties Association
Board had withheld membership dues in January but decides to rejoin group after WCA leaders offer assurances. By Graham Kilmer - Feb 25th, 2021 03:05 pm //end headline wrapper ?>Get a daily rundown of the top stories on Urban Milwaukee
Milwaukee County Courthouse. Photo by Sulfur at English Wikipedia (GFDL) or (CC-BY-SA-3.0), via Wikimedia CommonsAfter extensive deliberation, the Milwaukee County Board has voted to release funds to the Wisconsin Counties Association (WCA).
The WCA, is a lobbying and consulting organization for counties in the state. Lobbying state government on behalf of counties is a huge part of what it does. Some on the county board and in county government feel like the association, to which it is a dues-paying member, does not represent Milwaukee’s interests and at times actively works against it.
35 election clerks in state say election workers essential, push Evers to give them priority for vaccines. By Graham Kilmer - Feb 10th, 2021 12:56 pm //end headline wrapper ?>Get a daily rundown of the top stories on Urban Milwaukee
Dr. Ben Weston receives second dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Photo courtesy of the Medical College of Wisconsin.
Milwaukee County Clerk
George L. Christenson has assembled a group of 35 clerks from around the state to request that election workers be included in the next phase of vaccinations.
Election workers as a class are not included in the next phase of vaccination under the current guidelines for vaccination from the Department of Health Services (DHS) or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.