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Today we highlight our story about advocates’ efforts to increase voter turnout among Black residents in Milwaukee — and why those efforts did not spur more to cast ballots during the pandemic.
Despite smaller turnout, activists see hopeful signs of determination as voters cast ballots amid a pandemic and barriers to get-out-the-vote efforts.
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has scheduled a rare live address for Tuesday night to urge residents to cooperate to slow the spread of COVID-19 — a disease that continues to hospitalize and kill record numbers of Wisconsin residents each day.
On November 7, as media organizations announced that Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his running mate, Kamala Harris, were the winners of the 2020 election, Wisconsinites gathered together to both celebrate and lament the results. In Madison and Milwaukee, Wisconsin Watch staff captured scenes of both jubilation and solemn resolve.
Today we highlight the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s devastating look inside a COVID-19 ward at University Hospital in Madison — where oxygen-deprived patients lie paralyzed due to sedation — as the coronavirus runs rampant across Wisconsin and the country.
Today we highlight a pair of stories examining the dangerous consequences of misinformation surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.
An aging state data system frustrates local health agencies — and critics of regulations seize on information gaps.
Today we highlight a story from our partners at Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service about a less obvious side effect of the COVID-19 pandemic: a plunge in childhood lead testing.
Supporters of President Donald Trump falsely suggested fraud after votes shifted to former Vice President Joe Biden.
Today we highlight our coverage of yesterday’s high-stakes presidential during a worsening pandemic.
As Wisconsin voters cast their ballots for president and a host of other races on Nov. 3, Wisconsin Watch photographers visited polling places, too: to capture the faces of the electorate in Madison and Milwaukee.
Voters in this crucial swing state set aside fears of infection and possible intimidation as they headed to the polls Tuesday.