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Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: May 2020

State Health Department Releases Criteria For Relaxing Wisconsin's COVID-19 Rules

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As debate rages on how and when to relax Wisconsin's COVID-19 rules, the state is nearing 10,000 cases and 400 deaths. Wisconsin Department of Health Services Secretary-designee Andrea Palm discusses how the state is tracking the status of the pandemic.

Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: May 2020

State Supreme Court Hears Arguments On Challenge To 'Safer At Home' Extension

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Frederica Freyberg

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has entered the battle between Republicans and Democrats over the state's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: May 2020

Evers Administration Provides Guidance For Businesses To Instill Consumer Confidence

Will Kenneally

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Gov. Tony Evers' administration has released guidelines intended to ensure consumer confidence in patrons as more businesses aroudn Wisconsin state begins to reopen.

Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: May 2020

When Efforts To Halt Smallpox In Milwaukee Provoked Fear And Fury

Andy Soth

PBS Wisconsin

A highly contagious disease put the population in a panic. The government's response became politicized. Less affluent neighborhoods bore the brunt of the outbreak. The best medical science of the day was doubted. An aggressive protest against public health enforcement broke out.

Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: May 2020

UW System Working To Test All Students, Faculty, Staff For COVID-19

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Rich Kremer

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University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross says campuses will provide extensive COVID-19 testing for students, faculty and staff in hopes that campuses can resume in-person classes this fall.

Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: May 2020

State Releases Guidelines For When Businesses Are Able To Reopen

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Shamane Mills

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New guidelines designed to help businesses operate safely during the pandemic were announced on May 8 by Gov. Tony Evers.

Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: May 2020

DWD: State Unemployment Fund Could Be Depleted By October

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Megan Hart

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Wisconsin's Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund could run out of money by October if unemployment claims keep coming in at the current rate, the state Department of Workforce Development announced May 7.

Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: May 2020

'To Ensure The Survival' Of Universities, UW System President Calls For Further Restructuring

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Rich Kremer

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UW System President Ray Cross has unveiled a plan to "streamline" duplicate degree programs and centralize administrative functions along with online class offerings. Years of declining state support and financial hits from COVID-19 make layoffs inevitable.

Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: May 2020

USDA Urges Meat Plants To Stay Open As Safety Concerns Continue

Will Kenneally

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USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue urged meat processing plants to remain open or to submit plans to the department for "near-term reopening." This comes as plants in Wisconsin and around the nation and face workplace-specific outbreaks of COVID-19.

Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: May 2020

State Tax Collections Dropped Sharply During Early Days Of COVID-19 Pandemic

Shawn Johnson

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State government saw a sharp decline in tax revenue during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, a drop that was caused by a combination of the economic slowdown created by the virus and the three-month extension for filing income taxes.