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Wisconsin's legislative leaders called the state Senate and Assembly into extraordinary session to pass a COVID-19 pandemic aid package. The bill's language is still being worked out.
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Dr. Marin Darsie watched the spread of the coronavirus long before it reached Wisconsin. She works in an emergency room and specializes in neurocritical care. And she worries that compelling people to congregate, as they do at polling places, could provide a vector for the spread of COVID-19.
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Wisconsin's county sheriff's offices are working to reduce the number of inmates in hopes of preventing outbreaks of COVID-19 among inmates and jail staff.
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Ethics experts and critical care workers are helping the state come up with guidelines on who should have access to ventilators during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Wisconsin Department of Health Services has hired more than 120 workers in the last few weeks to help local public health departments track down people who may have been exposed to COVID-19 on Election Day.
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Wisconsin cities and villages will face major financial challenges in the next two years and beyond from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report.
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Police shut down a Wisconsin church service after a neighbor reported the church was violating the state's stay-home order. It wasn't, but the incident reveals that some friction still exists as religious communities seek to adapt to new restrictions.
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The state Department of Health Services announced on April 9 that there are 2,885 positive cases of COVID-19 statewide. 115 people have died from the disease.
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Gov. Tony Evers has directed the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to close 40 state parks, forests and recreational areas after thousands turned out in droves to several parks during the first weekend in April.
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When 48 school districts were preparing referendums for public consideration during the spring election, they didn't expect a pandemic to interfere with the process. And districts won’t know how much it impacted results until at least next week.