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The Wisconsin Legislature passed, by a near-unanimous vote, a coronavirus aid bill that will adjust regulations and provide financial support as the state battles the global pandemic.
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Health officials are looking into the effect spring primary in-person voting had on the spread of the coronavirus and state lawmakers are debating how elections should be administered in the future.
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Human waste continues to be a prominent source of contamination in private wells located in Grant, Iowa and Lafayette counties, with the Southwestern Wisconsin Groundwater and Geology study finding microbes in human feces in 12 of 34 wells sampled in November 2019.
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The federal government has relaxed restrictions to allow mental health care providers to provide telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Every spring, about 5,000 migrant workers make their way to Wisconsin to work in agriculture. Many come from Texas and Florida and help farmers harvest crops and process food during the peak season from late April through the fall.
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The state Department of Health Services announced on April 14 that there are 3,555 positive cases of COVID-19 statewide and 170 deaths.
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Democrats tried to stop Wisconsin's April 2020 election, but when they couldn't, their voters had the last word.
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A Marinette manufacturer of firefighting foam will provide bottled water for homeowners after their private wells were found to have elevated levels of so-called forever chemicals known as PFAS.
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Preliminary numbers from the April 7 election show voters approved school district funding requests in near-record numbers.
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The state Assembly has approved, in its first-ever virtual session, a bill to address problems created by the COVID-19 pandemic in Wisconsin.