Lives on Hold
‘I got nothing left’: Wisconsin’s jobless pushed to brink as ideas swirl for mending torn safety net
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Upgrading outdated technology could help. So could making claims more user-friendly and overcoming partisan paralysis.
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Upgrading outdated technology could help. So could making claims more user-friendly and overcoming partisan paralysis.
Prisoners lack space and some say rules to curb COVID-19 are unevenly enforced
State officials knew little about the secretive industry until the pandemic struck; now they are scrambling to keep mink farmers and their animals safe
Close elections may become more common in Wisconsin, fueling participation but also more political divisiveness
Wisconsin experts share tips for limiting spread and boosting your immune system — aiming to prevent hospitalization.
Many Wisconsin milk producers are overwhelmed, dogged by financial worries, a crushing workload, labor shortages and bad weather
State’s decentralized election system makes it hard to guarantee accessibility; definition of ‘indefinitely confined’ under challenge
Some towns and villages require residents to choose local candidates in January gatherings. Do these caucuses violate disability and voting rights?
Schools are not the superspreader sites that many feared, but research indicates U.S. students fell behind in math during the pandemic
Working digitally and on the streets of Milwaukee, activists tried to convince nonvoters to go to the polls, but distrust and disgust kept some away
Health care workers were among the first in Wisconsin on Dec. 14 to receive doses of the new Pfizer vaccine after the state’s first shipments arrived.
Hospitals file liens against uninsured patients to get a cut of compensation in personal injury lawsuits.