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Business Wisconsin Restaurateurs’ Personal Appeals Fail to Sway Ron Johnson as Republicans Kill the Restaurant Revitalization Fund

Tammy Baldwin voted to reauthorize the pandemic relief program for small businesses that would have also helped theaters, gyms, sports and other live event venues.

Pat Kreitlow Pat Kreitlow May 19, 2022 4:40 pm CDT
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Coronavirus Had Vaccination Rates Not Been Pummeled by Politics, More Than 5,000 in Wisconsin Would Still Be Alive Today

New analysis examines what might have been. Instead, COVID has killed 13,000 in the state as the vaccination rate remains stuck, with only 61% of people fully vaccinated.

Pat Kreitlow Pat Kreitlow May 18, 2022 3:24 pm CDT
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Coronavirus Ron Johnson, Who is Not a Doctor, Says He’s Waging a ‘Guerrilla War’ Against Medical Experts on COVID

Republican senator blasts “woke doctors” and expresses openness to a conspiracy theory about the COVID vaccine and AIDS.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil May 6, 2022 5:53 pm CDT
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Coronavirus State’s Chief Medical Officer on COVID at 2: Worst Case Scenario, but Safeguards Prevented Many More Deaths

Dr. Ryan Westergaard reflects on how pandemic politics by some got in the way of saving lives.

Jonathon Sadowski Jonathon Sadowski March 21, 2022 5:55 am CDT
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Coronavirus Look Back: Two Years Ago, Wisconsin Bars Are Shut Down on St. Pat’s Day as COVID Spreads

Health officials warned an already-impatient nation that the pandemic’s impact would last months rather than weeks. If only.

Pat Kreitlow Pat Kreitlow March 17, 2022 10:47 am CDT

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Coronavirus Wisconsin Passes 12,000 COVID Deaths

Milestone reached as the Omicron surge subsides.

Julian Emerson Julian Emerson March 4, 2022 8:19 am CST
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Coronavirus UW System Will Drop Mask Requirements by Spring Break

The decision comes as Wisconsin's latest COVID wave rapidly subsides.

Julian Emerson Julian Emerson February 16, 2022 1:48 pm CST