The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Wisconsin now tops 28,000, with 315 new cases reported Monday. The number of COVID deaths in the state remained at 777. There’s a renewed effort during the pandemic to get more financial help to health care workers in Wisconsin. WUWM & NPR Coronavirus Coverage Several Democratic state lawmakers have introduced what they call the Healthcare Heroes Act. The bill would give health care workers hazard pay, fully paid medical leave, and state-funded

A federal appeals court panel upheld a host of Republican-authored voting restrictions in Wisconsin on Monday, handing conservatives a significant win in a pair of lawsuits just months before residents in the battleground state cast their ballots for president. The three-judge panel —all Republican appointees— found that the state can restrict early voting hours and restored a requirement that people must live in a district for 28 days, not 10, before they can vote. The panel also said emailing

About a week ago, photos of Black people who were killed by police and private citizens were attached to nooses and hung from a tree in Riverside Park on Milwaukee’s east side. Those pictured were Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Eric Garner, and Botham Jean. People who saw the photos and nooses were angry and shocked, and the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office opened an investigation. On Friday, the department said a Black man admitted to creating the display . He

COVID-19 and its related economic slowdown have cast a shadow on the solar energy business. So, a company that installs solar panels on the roofs of Wisconsin homes says it's had to become more innovative. But the solar industry is also hoping for more old-fashioned help — from Congress. A study released last week by the groups Clean Energy Trust and Environmental Entrepreneurs showed of the nearly 77,000 clean energy jobs in Wisconsin before COVID-19, about 11,000 have disappeared in the last

Updated Monday at 4:24 p.m. CT The disconnect between the call for change and staunch support of police was evident Saturday in downtown Kenosha. In Civic Park, a group of at least 400 people — many wearing variations of red, white and blue — rallied for Back the Blue. Another group held signs proclaiming “We Back The People” and “I Can’t Breathe." Most were standing across the park on the steps of the county courthouse, some positioned themselves combatively in the face of police officers.

President Trump spent time in Wisconsin Thursday. His first stop was Green Bay’s Austin Straubel International Airport where he taped a town hall meeting. Then, Trump helicoptered 60 miles north to Marinette, where he visited a shipbuilder that won a big contract with the Navy. An estimated 700 workers, many wearing bright red Fincantieri Marinette Marine T-shirts, waited under a blistering summer sun for President Trump’s arrival. A huge ship-in-the-making stood as a striking backdrop for the

Cases of the novel coronavirus in Milwaukee County are on the rise. More than 10,700 people have tested positive, and more than 330 county residents have died from COVID-19. Health and political leaders remain concerned about how the virus is trending. According to data , the number of coronavirus cases continues to climb in the Hispanic community, surpassing the rates in other groups in Milwaukee County. "Currently, the incidence rate, or the rate of new cases, in the Hispanic population is 2.5

A citizens panel in Wauwatosa is recommending a ban on police chokeholds and no-knock search warrants. It also wants Wauwatosa police officers to wear body cameras. Wauwatosa is in the police reform spotlight after word recently surfaced that the Wauwatosa officer who shot Black teenager Alvin Cole to death outside Mayfair Mall in February was the same one who had fatally shot two other men, Jay Anderson, Jr. and Antonio Gonzales, about five years ago. Those two cases involving officer Joseph

Wisconsin U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin says she would say "yes" to Joe Biden if the expected Democratic presidential nominee asked her to be his vice-presidential running mate. Baldwin will seemingly have clout during the campaign, whether she's on the ticket or not. Former Vice President Biden has promised to choose a female running mate, and some media outlets continue to put Baldwin on the list of potentials . "If Vice President Biden were to ask me to be his running mate, I would surely say yes.

There are still a lot of unknowns about how Wisconsin’s K-12 schools will reopen in the fall. Public and private school leaders testified to the Assembly Education Committee for seven hours Wednesday about the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. MPS Considers How To Safely Bring Students Back The school leaders told lawmakers that when they surveyed families about the upcoming school year, most parents say they want their kids to return to the classroom. “Ideally, we would love to be