...Evers signaled he wouldn't adopt a proposal by Assembly Republicans to have the state provide loans to those who are waiting to find out if they're eligible for unemployment benefits. They floated the idea last week as a way to help thousands of people who have waited weeks to get benefits. ......"I view it as somewhat of a political stunt," Evers said of the Republican proposal.
"It is risky just to send money out with no understanding....
The field hospital built at a cost of more than $15 million on the state fairgrounds in West Allis to handle a potential overflow of COVID-19 patients was always likened to an insurance policy....
“The Alternative Care Facility was built to serve the needs of the community not only in the beginning of the pandemic, but for future surges to come,” Ben Weston, a physician and medical director of the Milwaukee County/City/Municipality COVID-19 Unified Emergency Operations Center, said in an email.
“While we were fortunate to be able to maintain our health system capacity in the first phase of the pandemic, it is impossible to predict the future.”
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