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Wisconsin businesses and residents are trying to sort through what it means now that the Wisconsin Supreme Court has overturned the state's stay-at-home order.
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Can you be fired from your job if you don't return to work immediately now that the state's stay-at-home order has been nullified? And what legal recourses are available to workers who worry about unsafe workplaces?
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While the COVID-19 pandemic has captured the world's attention, other public health crises have continued to march forward.
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As the rate of positive COVID-19 tests begins to drop in Wisconsin, momentum is growing to reopen the state. But frontline health care workers like Mariah Clark remain in the thick of things.
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Anthony Sartin died of COVID-19 in Milwaukee on April 29 at the age of 64, one of 421 Wisconsinites who have died as of May 13. Their loved ones are grappling with not being able to visit them during their final days or gather for a traditional funeral.
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The network of organizations that provide parenting classes, support groups and other services to struggling families are shifting to social media, socially-distant supply drop-offs and other "new normal" ways of doing business to try to reach families under increased stress from the pandemic.
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The Wisconsin National Guard has collected more than 23,000 tests for coronavirus as it supports health officials' efforts to increase testing capacity statewide. Despite those efforts, several northwestern Wisconsin community testing sites collected fewer tests than they had hoped.
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The COVID-19 pandemic and Wisconsin's efforts to contain the disease means a lot of people are working and learning from home — but many in the state lack the digital infrastructure to access school and work where they live.
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The state Supreme Court has overturned Wisconsin's stay-at-home order, striking down one of the primary tools Gov. Tony Evers' administration has used in its effort to slow the spread of COVID-19.
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The Eau Claire City-County Health Department has secured a court order mandating an individual be quarantined amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Details about the individual and circumstances not being released.