OnPolitics: Is it time for states to open up?

Thursday, May 14

Marvin Radtke toasts the opening of the Friends and Neighbors bar in Appleton following the Wisconsin Supreme Court's decision to strike down Gov. Tony Evers' safer-at-home order on Wednesday.

OnPolitics: The debate of opening things is getting very political

How one state's debate on opening back up is spotlighting tensions.

Wisconsin takes center stage

The Wisconsin Supreme Court decision overturning the state's stay-at-home orders added fuel Thursday to a widening U.S. debate over how and when to lift restrictions put in place to limit the spread of the coronavirus.

President Donald Trump in a tweet called the Wisconsin ruling a win for the state, adding that "people want to get on with their lives." But Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat, warned that the decision by the court - an elected body that tilts conservative - would put "public health and lives at serious risk."

Across the country, tensions have flared as people experienced months of restrictions to combat a virus that has infected 1.4 million and killed more than 85,000. Health experts such as Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's leading infectious disease specialist, have credited the lockdowns with saving lives and have said the death rate could march higher if the restrictions are eased too quickly.

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