The state of COVID-19 in Milwaukee County continues to improve according to health officials. Dr. Ben Weston of the Medical College of Wisconsin said COVID-19 stills poses a threat to unvaccinated groups, such as children under 12 years old.

On Thursday, Wisconsin’s Joint Committee on Finance held an executive session on the state’s biennial budget. One of the biggest sections of the budget is on the state’s Department of Corrections.

The Wisconsin Senate on Wednesday passed a bill that would prohibit police from using chokeholds, except in life-threatening situations or to defend themselves.

The Wisconsin Senate has approved Republican-backed bills that would create new hurdles for the elderly and disabled to cast absentee ballots, limit the number and location of ballot drop boxes and impose new penalties for violating election law.

As Milwaukee COVID-19 infection numbers remain low, health officials are trying to boost immunization numbers, which are lower than the national average.

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee admissions staff hit the road in Wisconsin and northern Illinois, visiting high schools to answer admitted students’ questions and to encourage them to enroll.

Wisconsin’s largest private university is requiring students attending in-person classes this fall to get vaccinated against COVID-19 by August 1.

On board the International Space Station this week is a Wisconsin experiment that could help the growing of cotton on Earth.

Marquette University psychology professor Nakia Gordon says that virtual reality training allows officers to gain insight and understanding, and hopefully empathy.

COVID-19 vaccination rates in Milwaukee and Milwaukee County continue to trail statewide rates in Wisconsin by a few percentage points. Health officials say the metro area's lowest rates continue to be in some Black and Latino neighborhoods that score high on a federal Social Vulnerability Index.