GOP legislative leaders file motion in court today seeking to block mask mandate, arguing the governor doesn't have authority.
Move comes after more than 17,000 people in Wisconsin tested positive in the last 7 days and some hospitals in NE WI are on brink of being overwhelmed.
Leg leaders: "WI's emergency-powers statute cannot possibly be read to justify a Governor’s power to renew, unilaterally and indefinitely, a declared state of emergency caused by a single pandemic, regardless how long the pandemic lasts or how its severity changes over time."
@MollyBeck
@SpeakerVos
do you question the efficacy of masks in reducing SARS-CoV-2 transmission? Or do you object merely because
@GovEvers
is from a different party? The overwhelming majority of Wisconsin residents are highly educated, well-informed, and advocate the mask mandate.