Multi-Million-Dollar Fund Recipient UW Population Health Institute’s In Solidarity Podcast Now Pushes Reparations Read More UW Diverts Public Health Endowment Funds to Political Causes Again
The MacIver Institute has maintained a detailed record of DHS’ day-to-day Coronavirus data and emergency order releases. Here is the information you’ve been looking for. Read More The MacIver Weekly Disease Brief: COVID-19 In Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Supreme Court delivered a ruling that says local public health officials do not have statutory authority to close schools for a public health emergency: only the Department of Health Services can do that. The Court also ruled that Dane County’s Public Health Official violated religious liberties by closing all Dane County schools, including religious private schools, to in-person learning. Read More Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules Dane County Public Health’s School Closure Order “Unlawful, Unenforceable”
The residents of St. Croix County might not be happy with plans for a new public health ordinance, but officials say they only have themselves to blame.
Full board scheduled to vote on ordinance on Nov. 17th. Read More St. Croix County Scales Back Power Grab, Schedules Final Vote
A wave of county ordinances are being taken up across Wisconsin that give local public health officials sweeping power and authority to control communicable diseases. While local health officials say their authority already exists in state statute, citizens are concerned about the broad “new” powers these ordinances give. Read More UPDATED: County Governments Seeking Great Powers For Public Health Bureaucrats, Despite Public Opposition