Sen. Baldwin asks feds for emergency safety orders Wisconsin senator tells...
WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, warned lawmakers the United States is headed in the “wrong direction” with COVID-19...
Milwaukee business owners call for mandatory mask rule
In a June 30 letter to Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and Common Council President Cavalier Johnson, the owners of more than 70 Milwaukee businesses...
Republicans fought for local control over virus restrictions, now they’re fighting...
In the month of April, Republicans in the Wisconsin Legislature tirelessly argued against Gov. Tony Evers’ “Safer-at-Home” order.
Instead, they argued, the state needed a...
Lost income, postponed healthcare, skipped rent Federal survey maps direct impact...
Nearly half of Wisconsin residents in a federal survey say that they’ve put off medical care because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and more than...
As Dane County cases spike, officials again criticize county plan
As Dane County faces a spike in new COVID-19 cases, a group of Madison Common Council members and county supervisors has requested the county...
After a respite, COVID-19 sickens hundreds more each day Community spread...
Through the first half of June confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Wisconsin looked like they might be on their way down.
In the last two...
Ron Johnson defends Trump, reopening during the pandemic ‘We have certainly...
In a Zoom call with reporters on Friday sponsored by the Milwaukee Press Club, Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson defended his controversial comments at...
WEDC extends deadline to Friday night for small business grant program
With room remaining for 4,000 or more businesses to qualify, Wisconsin is extending its application deadline by three more days for $2,500 grants that...
State forecast points to slow improvements, sooner than expected
Wisconsin’s economy is faring better than expected in the aftermath of the shutdown of activity prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, but it will still...
Kids may lose seven months of learning to the pandemic, 10...
WASHINGTON — The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated racial inequities in education, a disparity that Congress needs to help rectify, the former education chief under...