Wisconsin has failed to deliver unemployment aid to thousands at a time when they most need it. The crisis was years in the making.
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Milwaukee County on pace to top overdose record again in 2020
The pandemic has left many who struggle with substance abuse out of work, creating roadblocks to recovery.
Posted inGovernment, Narrow Margin
Wisconsin’s battle over voter rolls puts 129,000 registrations in peril
Thousands of voters face possible deactivation as groups battle over whether Wisconsin must trim the rolls ahead of crucial 2020 election.
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Activists push to cull voter rolls in Wisconsin, other swing states
Michigan, Florida and Pennsylvania — whose voters helped Donald Trump win the presidency — have been sued by conservative groups to ‘clean up’ voter roll.
Posted inCoronavirus Coverage, Economy, Government, Lives on Hold, Outbreak Wisconsin
‘I cried for days’: Wisconsin blocks pandemic payments for federal disability aid recipients
A 2013 Wisconsin law prevents laid-off workers on federal disability from getting state unemployment. Now the state is denying them federal pandemic aid too.
Posted inCoronavirus Coverage, Government
Wisconsin’s coronavirus eviction ban has expired. Here’s what renters need to know.
The end of a pause on evictions has triggered fears that many renters will lose housing.
Posted inCoronavirus Coverage, Government, Narrow Margin
Wisconsin set to hold more elections during coronavirus pandemic, as clerks scramble to ensure safety
Many states have postponed elections or moved to all-mail in voting. Wisconsin’s 1,850 municipal clerks must figure out how to hold safe in-person balloting.
Posted inCoronavirus Coverage, Health & Welfare
Wisconsin’s pandemic past offers clues to its coronavirus future
During the 1918 flu epidemic, Wisconsin limited deaths with statewide stay-at-home measures, though some cities reopened early — with deadly results. Will history repeat with the coronavirus pandemic?
Posted inCoronavirus Coverage, Health & Welfare, Narrow Margin
‘Trying to muddy the waters’: Opponents misuse stats in attack on Wisconsin virus lockdown, experts say
Some critics who question Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ Safer at Home order omit crucial context of state COVID-19 projections.
Posted inGovernment, Justice & Safety
Wisconsin allows drillers to flout state law — sometimes with deadly results
Two years after Sun Prairie’s fatal explosion, an implicated driller appears to be back in Wisconsin. Regulators cite ‘grave concern,’ but have little recourse.
Posted inCoronavirus Coverage, Government, Health & Welfare
Cash-strapped and volunteer-dependent, Wisconsin’s rural EMS providers scramble to keep responders safe
Rural Wisconsin is vulnerable to COVID-19, and emergency medical services are turning to creative solutions to find protective gear to keep their responders virus-free.
Posted inCoronavirus Coverage, Government, Health & Welfare, Narrow Margin
‘We expect, encounter and survive in crisis situations all the time’: How Milwaukee grassroots leaders mobilized to help voters on Election Day
Although voting during the coronavirus pandemic created challenges, community leaders say living in Milwaukee has taught them to be ready for any crisis.