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Many words have been used to describe the police accountability protests across Wisconsin and the nation. Urban Triage founder and CEO Brandi Grayson, an organizer of the Black Lives Matter demonstrations in Madison, discusses what peace means in this movement.
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A Marinette manufacturer of firefighting foam says it won't test 500 private wells for PFAS contamination beyond its fire training facility after state regulators said the company failed to complete work as part of an ongoing investigation.
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Green Bay-based Schneider National, one of the country's largest surface transportation companies, was founded during the Great Depression. It’s weathered 12 recessions but hasn’t been immune to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of America has been connecting adult mentors, which the nonprofit calls "Bigs," with kids, called "Littles," in their communities for more than 100 years. But the COVID-19 pandemic has created a unique challenge.
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Several Wisconsin police chiefs have condemned the actions of the police officer who knelt on the neck of George Floyd for nearly nine minutes, killing the Minneapolis man.
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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says it will once again consider the collective environmental impacts of high-capacity wells on state waters when warranted. The move comes after state Attorney General Josh Kaul withdrew a contested opinion limiting the agency's authority.
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There have been 18,917 positive cases of COVID-19 in Wisconsin as of June 2, according to the state Department of Health Services. That's an increase of 374 cases from the day before.
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Truck drivers are staying the course as the COVID-19 pandemic continues – traffic may be lighter, but the health precautions necessary to minimize the risk of infection make the job lonelier.
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Having just opened her bakery business in November 2018, Confectionately Yours, Adija Greer-Smith was prepared for a lot of things to go wrong, but didn’t anticipate a pandemic.