Upgrading outdated technology could help. So could making claims more user-friendly and overcoming partisan paralysis.
evictions
Evictions damage public health. The CDC aims to curb them — for now.
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Housing and health are intertwined, experts have long preached. Now the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is pausing evictions to slow the spread of COVID-19.
evictions
‘Rent is still due’: What you need to know about the CDC’s order to pause residential evictions
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A guide for renters at risk of eviction during the coronavirus pandemic.
evictions
Timeline: Wisconsin’s eviction crisis
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An interactive timeline showcasing how the pandemic escalated Wisconsin’s evictions crisis.
Outbreak Wisconsin
It does feel a little bit like ‘Groundhog’s Day’ — Dairy farmer Bryan Voegeli fears what an outbreak could mean for his farm
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Day-to-day life hasn’t changed much on Bryan Voegeli’s dairy farm since the start of the pandemic, but that doesn’t keep him from worrying about what an outbreak could mean for his business.
Outbreak Wisconsin
Milwaukee baker Adija Greer-Smith slowly reopens her business. ‘I’m a baker that believes positive energy transfers into everything that you do.’
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After nearly three months without sales, Greer-Smith is once again baking, getting ready to greet customers and bringing back staff.
Lives on Hold
‘I cried for days’: Wisconsin blocks pandemic payments for federal disability aid recipients
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A 2013 Wisconsin law prevents laid-off workers on federal disability from getting state unemployment. Now the state is denying them federal pandemic aid too.
Outbreak Wisconsin
Introducing dairy farmer Brian Voegeli: ‘Our Family Has Been Through A Lot’
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Bryan Voegeli runs a dairy farm located between New Glarus and Monticello. “In our small corner of the world we were just starting to get through one set of difficult times, and now … like everyone else we kind of got hit with another.”
Gray Wolves
As wolves recover, calls in Wisconsin to end endangered species listing grow
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Conflicts with farmers and hunters continue as the state’s wolf population has risen from extinction in 1960 to more than 900 animals today.
The Cannabis Question
Marijuana Inc.: Billions at stake as states move to legalize cannabis
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If Wisconsin legalizes medical or recreational marijuana, state regulations would drive whether small and minority-owned businesses thrive — or even survive.
The Cannabis Question
Seeking economic justice through cannabis-related development
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Entrepreneur Seke Ballard sees legalization as a way for people of color to get ahead after years of being harmed by marijuana laws.
Government
Property owners near Foxconn say they were misled. Now their homes are gone.
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Homeowners near the Foxconn facility say they sold their homes for road widenings that were either abandoned, embellished — or never planned.
Government
‘Blight’ declaration for Foxconn one of the largest ever seen, experts say
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In June 2018, the village of Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, declared four square miles as blighted, giving the village board one more tool to force landowners to sell their property to make way for the Foxconn plant and associated development.