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Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: May 2020

Mobility Data Shows Wisconsinites Haven't Stayed At Home As Much In May

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Hope Kirwan
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Cell phone mobility data shows Wisconsin residents started traveling more during the first week of May. And that movement continued to increase after the Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down the state's "Safer at Home" order on May 13.
Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: May 2020

As Small Retailers Reopen, They Grapple With New Expenses, Uncertainties

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Rachael Vasquez
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Retailers are grappling with two new realities as they re-open their storefronts: the expense of operating a business safely during the pandemic, and uncertainty about whether they’ll get as many customers as they did before.

Number of Births At Wisconsin, National Levels Dropped Again In 2019

Elizabeth Dohms-Harter
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Wisconsin and the United States are trending down in birth rates, marking a four-year decline according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report. Nationwide, the birth rate hasn't been this low since 1985.
Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: May 2020

Elections Commission Votes To Send 2.7 Million Absentee Ballot Applications

Shawn Johnson
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The state would send roughly 2.7 million registered voters absentee ballot applications under a motion approved unanimously by the bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission.
Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: May 2020

Elections Commission Moves To Send Millions Of Absentee Ballot Request Forms

Will Kenneally
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The Wisconsin Elections Commission has voted unanimously on a proposal to send absentee ballot request forms to more than 2.7 million registered voters.
Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: May 2020

Evers Allocates $200M In Federal COVID-19 Funds to Local Governments

Will Kenneally
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Gov. Tony Evers announced May 27 that $200 million in of federal CARES Act coronavirus response funding for will go to local governments in Wisconsin for "unbudgeted expenditures" they incurred during the pandemic.
Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: May 2020

More Than 700K Unemployment Claims Still Haven't Been Paid In Wisconsin

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Laurel White
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Of the 2.4 million weekly claims submitted to the state between March 15 and May 23, about 728,000 had yet to be paid as of the latter date, according to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development.

COVID-19 And Summer Homes In Northern Wisconsin

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Rob Ferrett
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Many Wisconsinites may be thinking about summer travel plans to northern Wisconsin. University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire geography professor Ryan Weichelt discusses the number of second homeowners in Northwoods communities, and what that may mean for the COVID-19 pandemic.
Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: May 2020

Hodag Country Festival Will Proceed During Pandemic Amid Objections From Health Officials

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Rob Mentzer
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A country music festival with expected attendance of more than 16,000 people per day is among the first major gatherings in Wisconsin approved to move forward amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: May 2020

DHS: 16,462 Confirmed COVID-19 Cases In Wisconsin

WPR Staff
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There are 16,462 positive cases of COVID-19 in Wisconsin as of May 27, according to the state Department of Health Services. That's an increase of 599 cases from the day before, and the largest single-day increase in positive cases since the pandemic began.