WI Rep. Ribble continues push for West Africa travel ban

RHINELANDER - A number of Wisconsin legislators, including Rep. Reid Ribble (R-WI 8th District), want the federal government to ban traveling from West Africa.

Nearly 5,000 people have died from the Ebola virus in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone.

Ribble wants the U.S. House of Representatives to schedule a special session to pass the travel ban, but he says he doesn't want to completely cut off the African nations.

Full story: WJFW

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