It’s about to be very cold in parts of the U.S., including the Midwest, where arctic air and strong winds could drop the feel-like temperatures into the -40s — yes, more than 40 degrees below 0.

Republican legislative leaders said the bill appears unlikely to pass both chambers before the Legislature concludes its current session this spring.

A sudden drop in temperature can cause a break in a tree known as a frost crack, Bill McNee, a forest health specialist with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR), told the Milwaukee Jou...