For the 300,000 people across Wisconsin who are uninsured, and thousands more with near unaffordable insurance coverage, the COVID-19 pandemic is highlighting flaws in a system that already had people struggling to get health care.
Eight of the state's 14 COVID-19 deaths have occurred in Milwaukee's African American community. On March 27, Gov. Tony Evers called the deaths in Milwaukee "a crisis within a crisis."
The latest federal lawsuit seeking to postpone Wisconsin's April 7 election argues members of minority communities will be disenfranchised if it isn’t delayed.
Iowa is the only Wisconsin border state that has not implemented a stay-at-home order, and that state's governor says the social distancing measures already in place obviates the need for one.
The growing spread of COVID-19 in Wisconsin has first responders and health care professionals taking every precaution to prevent spreading the virus. But in rural areas of the state, concerns about supplies and staffing are paramount.
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Wisconsin is growing, but so is the number of people who test negative for the virus. For every one person who's tested positive in the state, about 16 people have tested negative. But that ratio is likely to change.
Dentists are delaying non-essential procedures to reduce the spread of disease and to conserve personal protective equipment for frontline health care workers.
Hate crimes and incidents of aggression against Asian Americans have increased amid pandemic fears. Some Wisconsinites of Asian descent say they feel like they have to be on alert when they go out in public.
County clerks in Madison and Milwaukee are telling housebound voters how to work around Wisconsin’s voter ID requirements when requesting a mail-in ballot for the April 7 election.
