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Labor tensions at the UW Health hospitals offer a glimpse into a nationwide pattern of unrest. The trend comes as hospital executives increasingly rely on manufacturing models to bolster productivity in delivering health care.
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Wisconsin health officials have confirmed a third case of COVID-19 and the second in Dane County.
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Wisconsin's third case of novel coronavirus has been confirmed in Dane County, a day after a second case was confirmed in Pierce County.
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As the rapid spread of COVID-19 continues to cause alarm worldwide, travelers at Milwaukee's General Mitchell International Airport were taking precautions, but not changing their plans.
As Wisconsin voters start going to the polls in the 2020 election cycle, most counties in the state maintain websites that do not employ at least one of two basic practices that would help bolster their digital security and public confidence in their online platforms.
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Wisconsin's firefighters and paramedics often respond to people with contagious illnesses, but some departments are making special preparations for the spread of the new coronavirus.
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Milwaukee has roughly 47,000 children that are under the age of 6, and half of these children don't have access to quality early childhood education, according to a report by the Greater Milwaukee Foundation.
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A frac sand company in Wisconsin has re-emerged from bankruptcy and has brought its Chippewa County mine back into compliance with state and local regulations.
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As health officials and providers brace for more potential cases of the new coronavirus, they are also working on ways to best communicate facts about the disease.
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Organizers announced the postponement of the International Wisconsin Ginseng Festival, the first major event cancellation in Wisconsin as a result of concerns about the spread of COVID-19.