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Besides urging social distancing and directing the state health department to intensify its fight against COVID-19, what does Wisconsin's emergency declaration mean in practice?
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The Wisconsin Elections Commission voted to give local election officials more flexibility to relocate polling places in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Gov. Tony Evers declared a public health emergency as the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Wisconsin grew to eight.
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The Wisconsin Elections Commission is threatening to shame several local governments in the state that have not kept up with cybersecurity best practices. WisContext associate editor Will Cushman discusses how county websites in the state do and don't follow two common practices.
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As Wisconsin voters start going to the polls in the 2020 election cycle, most counties in the state maintain websites that do not employ at least one of two basic practices that would help bolster their digital security and public confidence in their online platforms.
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Election officials in Wisconsin are making contingency plans for what they'll do if polling places are closed due to concerns over the novel coronavirus.
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Three cases of novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, have been diagnosed in the state and government health officials have yet to issue community quarantine orders. Instead, quarantine and isolation have been limited to diagnosed patients and individuals who have been in contact with them.
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Labor tensions at the UW Health hospitals offer a glimpse into a nationwide pattern of unrest. The trend comes as hospital executives increasingly rely on manufacturing models to bolster productivity in delivering health care.
As Wisconsin voters start going to the polls in the 2020 election cycle, most counties in the state maintain websites that do not employ at least one of two basic practices that would help bolster their digital security and public confidence in their online platforms.
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Milwaukee has roughly 47,000 children that are under the age of 6, and half of these children don't have access to quality early childhood education, according to a report by the Greater Milwaukee Foundation.