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As states move toward mail-in voting during the coronavirus pandemic, many voters are unfamiliar with how to successfully cast an absentee ballot.
Amy Moreland, a Madison bartender out of work since mid-March, has been forced to make tough decisions about money as her benefits from the federal CARES Act near expiration.
As an emergency department nurse, Mariah Clark is no stranger to dealing with COVID-19 at work. But in late June, the virus struck closer to home.
Wisconsin has dramatically expanded its testing capacity, but experts say too few Wisconsinites are showing up — potentially thwarting efforts to neutralize a virus that killed at least 831 people in the state.
Health experts call contact tracing essential for slowing COVID-19. But misinformation is circulating in Wisconsin, exhausting some local officials.
After nearly three months without sales, Greer-Smith is once again baking, getting ready to greet customers and bringing back staff.
Former recreational pilot, Uber driver, art gallery docent and community volunteer, 85-year-old Blietz found herself involuntarily locked down in her senior living facility when the pandemic hit.
African Americans make up the majority of residents arrested on charges of violating Milwaukee’s stay-at-home order, data show.
June is LGBTQ Pride month, and this year it was also a time of reckoning over racial injustice and police misconduct as nationwide protests erupted over the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
National research shows jobless Black and Latino workers are less likely than white workers to receive aid. Experts say Wisconsin should study the issue.
Wisconsin has failed to deliver unemployment aid to thousands at a time when they most need it. The crisis was years in the making.
WPR reports on the removal of two Madison statues by protesters and the assault on Sen. Tim Carpenter on June 23. WPR’s Shawn Johnson and Wisconsin Watch’s Will Cioci photographed the events.