>> AS SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW, THE
SUPREME COURT HAS TIED OUR HANDS
AROUND THAT, SO WE'LL RELY ON
PEOPLE TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND
OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT
COUNTIES WILL FOLLOW THE ADVICE
OF THE CDC AND I'LL DO TO THE
BEST OF MY ABILITY AND VARIOUS
EMPLOYERS ARE WORKING HARD
ACROSS THE STATE.
PEOPLE ARE TAKING THIS
SERIOUSLY.
>> GOVERNOR TONY EVERS TELLING
WHY WISCONSIN WILL HAVE NO MASK
MANDATE.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
IS HOSTING A VACCINE CLINIC AT
THE WISCONSIN STATE FAIR.
GIVING FREE CREAM PUFFS FOR ANY
TAKERS.
INCENTIVIZING AND ENCOURAGING
VACCINES IS ONE OF THE LAST
TOOLS IN THE GOVERNOR'S COVID
RESPONSE TOOLKIT.
THE COVID-19 DELTA VARIANT IS
CAUSING A SURGE IN CASES IN
WISCONSIN, WITH MILWAUKEE COUNTY
NOW IN THE EXTREME TRANSMISSION
CATEGORY.
IN RESPONSE TO THE DELTA SPIKE,
SOME HOSPITALS AND CITIES ARE
IMPOSING VACCINATION ORDERS FOR
EMPLOYEES.
MANY LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE
MANDATING MASKS, UW-MADISON THIS
WEEK ANNOUNCED MASKS ARE
REQUIRED AT ALL INDOOR
LOCATIONS.
UW-MILWAUKEE HAS ALSO IMPOSED
MASK MANDATES AND TESTING
REQUIREMENTS FOR UNVACCINATED
STUDENTS AND STAFF.
BUT THIS WEEK A
REPUBLICAN-CONTROLLED
LEGISLATIVE RULES COMMITTEE
VOTED THAT THE UW SYSTEM WILL
NEED ITS APPROVAL TO IMPOSE SUCH
COVID-19 SAFETY MEASURES.
MILWAUKEE HAS DECLARED, HOWEVER,
THAT THE UW SYSTEM HAS AFFIRMED
ITS AUTHORITY TO PUT THE