At 7 PM tonight Wiscnsin Governor Tony Evers will deliver his State of the State speech for 2021. The speech will be carried on Facebook Live and YouTube, and will be shown on this page as well. The speech will also be shown on PBS Wisconsin's Wisconsin Channel, with a response from Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu, R-Oostburg to be carried on the Here and Now program on Friday night.

Some excerpts from the speech have been sent by the Governor's office in a press release:

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“PUBLIC ACCESS”NOTE: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this meeting is being held in person and via Zoom Teleconference /Video Conferenceor, over the internet by going to https://zoom.us/join(URL forZoom meeting), or by calling 1 312 626 6799.The Access Code for the meeting is84088808790.

 Gov. Tony Evers today released a statement on the passing of former Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson.

A hearing will be held by the Join Committee on Campaigns and Elections at 10 AM on Friday, Dec. 11. We will embed the live stream here, thanks to Wisconsin Eye, as soon as the hearing starts.

The committee has announced who has been invited to testify, which is almost exclusively conservative and Republican people, including a right-wing talk show host.  Dean Knudson and Robert Spindell are two of the three Republican members of the bi-partisan Wisconsin Elections Commission.

We will attempt to live stream the meeting here as it takes place. The meeting begins at 7 PM on 12/7/2020. The link to attend the meeting on-line is at the end of this post.

5. Unfinished Business

A. Proposed temporary trailer storage extension for Stepping Stones of Dunn County, Inc. at 1602 Stout Road – discussion and possible motion approving

This was approved.

6. New Business

In his weekly update to parents in the school district Superintendent Joe Zydowsky announced the ongoing plans for teaching in the second semester in Menomonie Schools:

Dear SDMA Families and Staff,

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today, in accordance with state and federal law, signed the Certificate of Ascertainment, certifying the results of the November 3rd General Election. 

MADISON – The Department of Workforce Development (DWD) today released unemployment data from March 15 to November 21, 2020, revealingthat 93.55% of the over 8.2 million weekly Unemployment Insurance claims that have been filed since March 15, 2020, have been processed.