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Rep. Kurtz wants bigger voice in stay-at-home orders

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Attorney General Josh Kaul is telling the state Supreme Court that Gov. Tony Evers has broad authority to issue a stay-at-home order to protect Wisconsin residents from the coronavirus.

Republican legislators have asked the court to block the stay-at-home order, claiming that the legislature should have had a voice in the decision. 

Wonewoc Republican lawmaker Tony Kurtz believes different parts of Wisconsin might be able to open up earlier than the big cities.

Kurtz says that in a county, “there might be one or two cases, and of those cases, they’ve recovered. It’s pretty hard for my colleagues up in the northern part of the state to tell a business, to say why you’re closed when they’re not seeing the numbers.”    

Kurtz says he doesn’t want the governor to have unlimited ability to extend the stay-home order, now scheduled to last through Memorial Day.    

On WIZM’s La Crosse Talk, Kurtz said his party isn’t trying to end guidelines that seem to be working.  

A native of Prairie du Chien, Brad graduated from UW - La Crosse and has worked in radio news for more than 30 years, mostly in the La Crosse area. He regularly covers local courts and city and county government. Brad produces the features "Yesterday in La Crosse" and "What's Buried on Brad's Desk." He also writes the website "Triviazoids," which finds odd connections between events that happen on a certain date, and he writes and performs with the local comedy group Heart of La Crosse. Brad been featured on several national TV programs because of his memory skills.

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