The COVID-19 pandemic has created unprecedented challenges for restaurants and bars in Wisconsin. Due in part to support provided through federal relief funds, employment in this industry has recovered considerably since nosediving by nearly 50% in April 2020.
The time is well overdue for newspapers to create vital connections with their audience. It's why this year's theme for National Newspaper Week, which kicks off Oct. 3, is "Community Forum."
To further support newspapers in starting that ongoing conversation, Tom Silvestri, director of The Relevance Project and a former newspaper publisher who conducted 78 community discussions on issues of local importance, offers an outline of the concept and some questions to consider.
A sycamore tree growing on the Hardie farm is about 50 years old, surviving Wisconsin winters much colder than its preferred climates.
The inmate population at state adult prisons recently breached the 20,000 threshold for the first time since January, according to Department of Corrections data reviewed by WisPolitics.com in late September.
School officials refer thousands of children to the police each year. In Wisconsin, children with disabilities or who are Black, Latino or Native bear the brunt of it.
Polco users and readers visiting WNA member websites from Sept. 8 to 21 were asked whether they supported employers requiring workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Out of 645 verified respondents**, 61% said they support vaccine requirements at work, while 30% said employees should make their own health decisions.
The 81st annual National Newspaper Week, a celebration of the impact newspapers have in their communities, will be observed Oct. 3-9. This year's theme is “Community Forum."
WNA members are encouraged to localize content to reinforce the importance of community newspapers. Columns, editorial cartoons, ads and more are available for publication and can be accessed on the National Newspaper Week website.
The taxpayer-funded elections probe led by former conservative state Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman has been under fire for weeks. Now Gableman is defending the probe via video.
Memories are strange things at times because you never know what triggers recollections from the aging gray matter. Recently, the warm weather triggered decades-old memories of a Shetland pony named Cinnamon.
Bill Lueders, editor of The Progressive and president of the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council, will be inducted this month into the National Freedom of Information Coalition’s State Open Government Hall of Fame.
Lueders is one of four inductees who will be honored during a virtual ceremony on Thursday, Sept. 30. Joining Lueders in the Hall of Fame class are Barbara Petersen of Florida, Jane Briggs-Bunting of Michigan and Craig Staudenmaier of Pennsylvania.
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