GET ME REWRITE: Wisconsin Tavern League successfully shops for yokel judge to block Governor Evers' bar capacity limit

 

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Appointed by Scott Walker in October 2012.

NPR, 10/14/2020

Original 10/14/2020 post, " Wisconsin Tavern League COVIDIOTS want you to spread the virus ", starts here.

Wisconsin's 7-day average of new Covid cases has increased nearly 300% since September 1.

Source:  New York Times

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10/13/2020

"My members are good people — they're hard-working. They care about their community. They care about their employees," Tavern League lobbyist Scott Stenger said. "They are seeing generations of their business wiped away."

That's not how it looked back in May.

No other state is covered by such a large amount of red.

Source:  New York Times

Related reading:

More evidence points to bars adding to COVID-19 spread.  (Center for Disease Research and Policy, University of Minnesota, 9/15/2020)

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Stacking it up: Top 3 states with most bars per 100,000 residents and 7-day average of new Covid cases.  (10/13/2020)