Articles by Marisa Wojcik

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The number of positive COVID-19 cases in Brown County continues to swell as health officials and local businesses aggressively test for the disease.
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JBS Packerland, a beef production plant in Green Bay, announced its plans to temporarily close its doors as the number of positive COVID-19 cases in Brown County continues to soar. It is the fourth JBS location to close in the U.S.
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More than 1,000 Wisconsinites protested at the state Capitol, urging Gov. Tony Evers to loosen the state's stay-at-home order.
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The Department of Workforce Development announced it will be sending unemployment benefits to more than 154,000 people as Wisconsin's jobs take a huge hit due to conditions from COVID-19. Joe Peterangelo of the Wisconsin Policy Forum explains what this will mean for the state's economy.
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Plasma transfusion can be a promising technique for a recovered patient to share antibodies with someone currently suffering from COVID-19.
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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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The Wisconsin Department of Health Services is ramping up efforts for COVID-19 contact tracing after the April 7 elections may have caused increased exposure to the disease during in-person voting.
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Wisconsin held an election in the midst of a statewide order to stay at home to help prevent the spread of coronavirus. Neenah Mayor Dean Kaufert was part of a group of mayors pushing to delay the April 7 elections, and shares what in-person voting looked like in his community.
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Results of a Marquette University Law School Poll conducted in late March 2020 show the majority of registered voters in Wisconsin think measures to close schools and non-essential businesses and requiring people to stay home are appropriate responses to the COVID-19 outbreak.
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The Wisconsin Elections Commission reported that 60% of state municipalities will be short on poll workers for the April 7 election, attributing the shortage to concerns from the COVID-19 pandemic.