As Wisconsinites exercised their constitutional right to vote April 7, the dearth of competition for local elected offices left many voters with no alternatives in many important races.
Many Wisconsinites who requested mail-in ballots did not receive them. So they either had to give up their right to vote or risk catching the virus.
Internet companies are adjusting to the increase in demand as more Wisconsinites work, learn and play “safer at home.”
COVID-19 has forced state and local public bodies to implement new methods and embrace new technologies to hold open meetings.
Two Wisconsin hospitals that filed medical debt lawsuits against dozens of patients during the coronavirus pandemic are dismissing some of those lawsuits.
Living by the lake, there’s no problem with water shortage. But growing up in Hong Kong, I learned to get by with much less than we have available today.
With many of Door County’s 27,668 permanent residents employed in tourism-related industries, saying no to visitors is saying no to their own economy.
Life in Wisconsin has been transformed by COVID-19, yet firms representing health systems continued to sue patients over medical debt.
Our loss is that we need more empathy in this world, not less. That’s the lesson Lisa taught me and the legacy she leaves behind. She’s everything I could have wanted in a sister.
While the state is much better prepared to handle economic turmoil than it was during the Great Recession, current reserves and coming federal aid of some $1.9 billion may not be enough to manage a prolonged downturn, state and local finance experts say.