Beginning Monday, Wisconsin will expand COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to about 700,000 additional residents, even as scarce supplies have left some already eligible residents struggling to schedule appointments.
On Friday, the state Department of Health Services rolled out a new website to help residents find local vaccination clinics.
Rape case repercussions; emergency services depleted; Black History Month debated; Wisconsin election fallout lingers; hunters surpass wolf kill quota
Gov. Tony Evers on Thursday signed into law legislation to upgrade 1970s-era technology that shares part of the blame for Wisconsin’s failure to quickly deliver unemployment benefits to thousands of residents who lost work during the pandemic.
Today we highlight a WPR story about what parents should consider as they weigh sending their children back to reopening school buildings at this stage of the pandemic.
After limiting the spread of COVID-19 early in the pandemic, American Indians are now dying from COVID-19 at a higher rate than any other ethnic group in Wisconsin, the Green Bay Press-Gazette reports.
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services on Monday reported zero new COVID-19 deaths statewide, leaving the state’s death toll unmoved for the second consecutive day. Before Sunday, Nov. 22 was the most recent day when DHS reported no new deaths. “While #COVID19 is still here in #Wisconsin, we appreciate your efforts to #SlowTheSpread,” DHS tweeted […]
A roundup of top news and information about Wisconsin’s response to the coronavirus
Inmates lack protection; fixing broken unemployment system; school restraint use documented; lawmakers get tax break; WI high court hides racial disparity stats
Upgrading outdated technology could help. So could making claims more user-friendly and overcoming partisan paralysis.
Today we highlight stories about President Joe Biden’s town hall event in Milwaukee Tuesday night aimed at bolstering support for his $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, which includes $1,400 checks for adults and up to $3,500 per child for families. The measures, while popular with the public, are facing strong opposition from Republicans in Congress.
Today we highlight the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s preview of President Joe Biden’s appearance Tuesday night at Milwaukee’s Pabst Theater, where he’ll push his $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief proposal in his first major political trip as president.
Today we highlight our investigation of Wisconsin’s struggle to contain COVID-19 in its prisons, where about 10,800 inmates have been infected — more than half of the population — and at least 25 have died.
