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Upgrading outdated technology could help.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.
Cruel and Unusual?
‘He shouldn’t have had to die’: COVID-19 infects half of Wisconsin inmates, five times the overall state rate
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Prisoners lack space and some say rules to curb COVID-19 are unevenly enforced
Coronavirus Coverage
Wisconsin’s No. 1 mink farming industry now seen as a COVID-19 risk
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State officials knew little about the secretive industry until the pandemic struck; now they are scrambling to keep mink farmers and their animals safe
Narrow Margin
In evenly split Wisconsin, partisan divides may only grow
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Close elections may become more common in Wisconsin, fueling participation but also more political divisiveness
Coronavirus Coverage
So you’ve been diagnosed with COVID-19. What next?
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Wisconsin experts share tips for limiting spread and boosting your immune system — aiming to prevent hospitalization.
Depression in Dairyland
‘The happiness and joy has been sucked out of me’: Wisconsin dairy farmers face mental health crisis
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Many Wisconsin milk producers are overwhelmed, dogged by financial worries, a crushing workload, labor shortages and bad weather
Narrow Margin
‘We’re not going to be quiet’: Disability community in Wisconsin demands better access to voting
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State’s decentralized election system makes it hard to guarantee accessibility; definition of ‘indefinitely confined’ under challenge
Narrow Margin
Wisconsin caucuses pose thorny safety issues during pandemic
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Some towns and villages require residents to choose local candidates in January gatherings. Do these caucuses violate disability and voting rights?
Lesson Plans: Rural Schools Grapple With COVID-19
As semester ends in Wisconsin, COVID-19 fears shrink — while concerns of academic slide grow
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Schools are not the superspreader sites that many feared, but research indicates U.S. students fell behind in math during the pandemic
Narrow Margin
Wisconsin’s nonvoters could be a powerful bloc — but barriers, disillusionment stand in the way
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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
Outbreak Wisconsin
‘I’m happy to be part of history’: An ER nurse gets the coronavirus vaccine, offering example to others
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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.
Costly Care
‘I just kind of panicked’: Patients confused as hospitals file liens to recoup costs of treating injured uninsured
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Hospitals file liens against uninsured patients to get a cut of compensation in personal injury lawsuits.