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New poll question: Do you support workplace vaccine mandates?

Sep. 8, 2021

A new poll question asking whether readers support vaccine requirements in the workplace is available to be used by WNA members. Following the full FDA approval of the COVID-19 vaccine, we are asking the question in light of an increasing number of employers beginning to require their workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

Poll questions are available through a WNA partnership with Polco aimed at helping newspapers better engage readers and access enhanced data and insights. WNA members who have signed up for an account can access their local version of the new question, as well as local poll results, on their dashboards. Those who have not signed up can do so here.

People with disabilities sue to overturn Wisconsin law denying them unemployment benefits

Sep. 8, 2021

Eight plaintiffs receiving Social Security Disability Insurance payments say the state is illegally discriminating against them by banning them from jobless aid.

Will the end of pandemic-related unemployment benefits ease Wisconsin’s worker shortage?

Sep. 7, 2021

This $300 a week in enhanced benefits has been a lifeline for many left jobless by COVID-19, but it has become the source of a hot partisan debate.

A national debt: Should government compensate for slavery and racism?

Sep. 2, 2021

Evanston, Illinois, is compensating victims of housing discrimination. Big questions remain about whether and how reparations should be handled.

Your Right to Know: Fee recovery is key to transparency

Sep. 2, 2021

Records requesters don't always get what they seek — even when they're entitled to documents under their state's public records law.

So, what makes the difference when it comes to compliance? The answer may surprise you, writes Christa Westerberg, an attorney at Pines Bach law firm in Madison and vice president of the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council in the latest "Your Right to Know" column.

In Wisconsin, some cuts to police predate calls for defunding

Sep. 1, 2021

In reviewing municipal spending, the Wisconsin Policy Forum found communities throughout the state have reduced police spending or staffing for reasons that may have had more to do with their finances than calls for reform.

Poll results indicate support for masks in schools

Sep. 1, 2021

Polco users and readers visiting WNA member websites from Aug. 19 to 31 were asked whether they supported mask requirements in schools. Out of 715 verified respondents, 61% said they believe masks should be required for all students, teachers and staff in schools this fall, while 27% said masks should be optional for all.

Lakeshore trip reminds of Wisconsin’s natural beauty

Aug. 31, 2021

One of the best things about living in Wisconsin is traveling around our beautiful state and experiencing places and activities that are not far from home.

Vos pressured as election audits gain momentum within GOP

Aug. 30, 2021

More than half of the state’s county Republican parties have formally called for a “cyber forensic audit” of the 2020 elections. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, is using the same language as he expands the review headed by former Wisconsin Justice Michael Gableman. But the man leading the effort to get county parties on board with the call for an audit insists what Vos wants isn’t enough.

Defendants faced shifting demands in judge’s one-man drug court

Aug. 29, 2021

Typically, judges send defendants to jail or prison when their probation is revoked. But Biskupic instead effectively sentenced some defendants to open-ended arrangements by “staying” their sentences, pausing their jail term while they attended drug and alcohol treatment.