Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers’ statewide ban on evictions expired on May 26, leaving renters at risk of losing housing during a pandemic that has left hundreds of thousands of Wisconsinites unemployed.
As the COVID-19 pandemic spurs Wisconsin schools to undertake an unprecedented exercise in virtual and distance learning, it also threatens to exacerbate the “digital divide” between students who have fast, reliable at-home internet access and those who do not. Data shows these children are in both cities and rural areas, and are disproportionately low-income and students of color.
There are a few magical weeks every May when Mother Nature’s perfume fills the air. She wears essence of lilac, an intoxicating and alluring fragrance. It permeates our souls, lifts old hearts and washes away her winter cruelty. It’s the smell of spring.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos pulled suburban Milwaukee GOP Rep. Jim Ott from a joint legislative committee less than 40 minutes after outgoing northern Rep. Romaine Quinn formally asked for an appointment to the committee, according to records obtained by WisPolitics.com.
Winners of 2019 Better Newspaper Contest awards can submit their orders for duplicate plaques and certificates through June 12.
Periodicals permits will not be revoked if a newspaper has to suspend a print issue during coronavirus quarantines, the National Newspaper Association announced today.
I remember the “good old days,” being the coach of the Hurricanes girls soccer team, as very busy. But I sure do miss my soccer girls.
Robb Grindstaff, a member of the WNA Board of Directors, will retire June 30 as general manager of APG Media of Southern Wisconsin.
COVID-19 has infected at least 12,885 Wisconsinites, killed 467 and exposed vulnerabilities in health care systems, including those designed to serve the state’s elderly and disabled residents.
Life inside the walls of Wisconsin’s prisons has transformed in an effort to slow the spread of the virus. Inmates say there are more frequent cleanings, and they have been issued cloth masks.
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