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The American public didn't wear face masks widely as COVID-19 emerged, but new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may be change that practice. WisContext associate editor Will Cushman discusses how the culture of face masks is shifting.
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Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, outdoor activities are defined as essential under the state's stay-at-home order, and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources expects a successful spring turkey harvest.
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Nurses, paramedics, cafeteria workers and housekeepers in hospital settings described health and economic concerns they have for themselves and their families during a video conference hosted by the Service Employees International Union.
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Some Wisconsin Community Action Programs are developing new methods to help a new group of people in sudden poverty because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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The Wisconsin Legislature passed, by a near-unanimous vote, a coronavirus aid bill that will adjust regulations and provide financial support as the state battles the global pandemic.
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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 state Department of Health Services announced on April 14 that there are 3,555 positive cases of COVID-19 statewide and 170 deaths.
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Democrats tried to stop Wisconsin's April 2020 election, but when they couldn't, their voters had the last word.
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A Marinette manufacturer of firefighting foam will provide bottled water for homeowners after their private wells were found to have elevated levels of so-called forever chemicals known as PFAS.
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Preliminary numbers from the April 7 election show voters approved school district funding requests in near-record numbers.