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Experts know how to limit the spread of COVID-19: encourage people to wear masks and keep a distance — fundamentals of a pandemic response that have remained unchanged for years. But many Wisconsinites are ignoring the guidance, transforming the state into one of the country’s biggest virus hotspots, Bram Sable-Smith reports for Wisconsin Watch and WPR.
With Election Day just days away, voters are being urged to deposit their absentee ballots in one of the over 500 secure drop boxes across the state. Ballots deposited in these boxes go directly to election officials without risk of delay.
As Wisconsin continues to set records for new cases and deaths from COVID-19, the pandemic is reaching the highest levels of state government.
Today we highlight a story from The Washington Post that calls Wisconsin a microcosm for the intense forces colliding in America during a pandemic that overlaps with a high-stakes presidential election.
President Donald Trump has participated in nearly three dozen rallies since mid-August, mostly at airport hangers. A USA Today analysis found that the growth rate of confirmed COVID-19 cases surged following rallies in at least five places — including Marathon County, the newspaper reported Thursday.
Today we highlight a story from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel about a dramatic growth of COVID-19 cases among Wisconsin’s American Indian residents.
Overwhelmed Dane County health officials are moving to a “crisis model” of contact tracing, David Wahlberg of the Wisconsin State Journal reports.
Today we highlight our story about the rapidly shifting landscape in rural Wisconsin as families and schools cope with the surging COVID-19 pandemic.
A judge on Monday reinstated the Wisconsin Department of Health Services’ limits on gatherings at bars, restaurants and other public places — a week after a lower court blocked the emergency order, the Wisconsin State Journal reports.
Today we highlight our latest story by reporter Parker Schorr. He found that Wisconsin’s rural hospitals are faring better than most around the country, thanks to generally stronger underlying financial health and the infusion of $2.8 billion in federal pandemic relief grants and loans.
Today we highlight a POLITICO story about the devastating consequences if Congress fails to pass a fresh economic relief package in the coming months of the pandemic: Millions of jobless Americans are set to lose their unemployment benefits by the end of the year.
A Wisconsin judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked Gov. Tony Evers’ limits on gatherings at bars, restaurants and other public places — easing the restrictions while hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19 mount from the state’s failure to control the coronavirus.