The Wisconsin Examiner is tracking daily developments in the spread of COVID-19 in Wisconsin, with data from the state Department of Health Services (DHS).
Republican superspreaders
President Donald Trump made a showy entrance in his motorcade on the La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway race track in West Salem on Tuesday night, every inch the demagogue as he waved to the cheering...
âNo way to sugarcoat itâ: Records shattered for COVID-19 cases, deaths
Stay home.
Stick to your immediate family or household.
Keep your circles to five or fewer people â total.
Restrict your shopping to once a week or less. Focus on the essentials.
In short: Do what you did...
In âominousâ decision for democracy, Supreme Court rejects Wisconsinâs absentee ballot appealÂ
On Monday evening, just minutes before President Donald Trump held a Rose Garden ceremony to swear in Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, the Court rejected an appeal to extend the deadline for counting...
Could Robin Vos be vulnerable in the upcoming election?
Independent spending in the Racine-area race against Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-Burlington) skyrocketed over the past weekÂ
A week ago on Monday about $19,300 had been reported in express spending by outside advocacy groups in...
Assembly restoration preserves chamberâs beauty
Though the Wisconsin Assembly hasnât met since April 14, a lot of hard, detailed work has been taking place in its State Capitol chamber. After years of planning and months of work, restoration of...
School districts are running out of teachers in the pandemic
Whiplash from continual opening and closing of schools is what the Oak Creek Franklin school district wanted to avoid. But whiplash is what it got.
The Oak Creek Franklin schools were all set to open...
What government could do still to combat COVID-19âs effects
Itâs been more than six months since the Legislature last met, and the total number of Wisconsin residents infected with the coronavirus responsible for COVID-19 is now 51 times what it was then.
As of...
The 1960s Supreme Court case connecting the Joseph Mensah investigation to the Rodney King trial
Five Wauwatosa Police officers with important information about the scene of the 2016 police shooting of Jay Anderson were not interviewed as part of the independent investigation into the shooter, Officer Joseph Mensah.Â
Those five...
Mixed emotions as Milwaukee voters head to the polls
With Nov. 3 fast approaching, Milwaukee residents have expressed a mixture of suspicion of the systems that have worked against minority and low-income voters and excitement about the sense of empowerment coming out of...
Cell data recovery by police is new privacy frontier for courts
The District III Court of Appeals has certified a case to the Wisconsin Supreme Court which explores the limits of law enforcementâs ability to download and access cell phone data. The case involves data...