Stakeholders provided input to an Assembly committee, articulating concerns that workers and the economy would be hurt by many Wisconsin businesses being forced to reduce their operations or remain closed under the state's "Safer at Home" order.
Smartphone data shows Wisconsinites limited their movement in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but that may be changing with "quarantine fatigue." WisContext associate editor Will Cushman discusses data showing to what degree people around the state are staying at home.
When COVID-19 started to spread across the state, Wisconsin colleges had to focus on transitioning to more robust online learning for the rest of the semester. Now, the focus is on the upcoming fall semester and encouraging them to commit.
Republican legislators and business groups made a coordinated push on April 30 for a plan that would reopen the state more quickly, with one restaurant owner telling lawmakers he's ordering alcohol and food in case he can start serving customers next week.
Since Oshkosh artist Leif Larson can't spend much time at his easel in his studio, he's taken to painting the pace and perspectives of his home and family.
Around $8 billion has been set aside for direct payments to tribes nationwide under the federal government's coronavirus relief package. However, some Wisconsin tribes are concerned about how that money is being distributed.
Shortages of swabs and other testing supplies are still hampering efforts to increase Wisconsin's COVID-19 testing to 12,000 per day. The goal is part of Gov. Tony Evers' "Badger Bounce Back" plan for easing social distancing restrictions and reopening the state's economy.
There are 6,854 positive cases of COVID-19 in Wisconsin, the state Department of Health Services announced on April 30. That's an increase of 334 cases from the day before.
