Stories tagged: "face masks"

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Coronavirus These Wisconsin Communities Still Require Face Masks, Even After a Court Tosses Statewide Rules

State Supreme Court’s conservatives couldn’t touch these communities where that are keeping safeguards in place. Others may join the list.

Julian Emerson Julian Emerson Jonathon Sadowski Jonathon Sadowski April 1, 2021 2:07 pm CDT
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Elections POLL: Biden Maintains Wisconsin Lead. Big Support for Wearing Face Masks.

Respondents disapprove of campaign rallies in a pandemic, but want the debates to go on.

Julian Emerson Julian Emerson October 7, 2020 4:16 pm CDT
Commentary Mother and child wearing face masks while shopping
Commentary I Survived the Smoking Ban Debate. The Debate Over Masks Is Just as Ridiculous.

Ten years later bars and restaurants are still with us. Opposing COVID-19 safeguards is a more certain path toward going out of business.

Pat Kreitlow Pat Kreitlow July 17, 2020 10:17 am CDT
Coronavirus Gov. Tony Evers' pictured while giving an update to reporters.
Coronavirus Evers: Statewide Mask Order Unlikely

Dane County adds requirement as Wisconsin tops 800 dead.

Julian Emerson Julian Emerson July 7, 2020 4:16 pm CDT
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Health We Asked Health Experts About the ‘Wear Your Mask: The Urine Test’ Meme

The meme compares wearing a mask during the coronavirus pandemic to wearing pants in the presence of a person uncontrollably urinating everywhere.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil May 1, 2020 3:40 pm CDT

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Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) holds a press conference on April 13 where he demands Gov. Tony Evers accept severe restrictions on local health officials, schools, and the governor himself in exchange for tens of millions of dollars in federal supplemental COVID food aid. (Image via Wisconsin Eye.) Politics Evers and Timberlake Find a Way to Bypass Vos’ Willingness to Lose Millions in Food Aid for Families
An archival image of the Plainfield Tunnel Channel Lakes in Waushara County, which have experienced a reduction in water levels due to groundwater withdrawals for irrigated agriculture. (Photo credit: Wisconsin DNR) Natural Resources Clean Water at Stake as WI Supreme Court Hears Appeals to Take GOP Restrictions Off the DNR
Left: A sewer line under construction along St. Paul Avenue in Milwaukee in 1920. Right: Victor Berger, co-founder of the Socialist Party of America, editor of the Milwaukee Leader, and the first Socialist elected to Congress. Lower: Construction of a Milwaukee sewer line in 1932. (Photos courtesy: Wisconsin Historical Society and Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District. Graphic by Morgaine Ford-Workman.) Infrastructure Infrastructure Is Good Politics—Just Ask Milwaukee’s Sewer Socialists of 1904
The state Capitol in Madison is reflected off the windows of an office building across the street. (Photo by Julian Emerson) Politics Not Allowed: Nonpartisan Analysis Finds a Flaw in GOP Plans for Wisconsin Stimulus Money
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Coronavirus Should I Wear A Mask? Can I Leave My Home? We Answer Your Quarantine Questions.

The federal government’s lack of a cohesive response has forced states to adopt their own rules and create a patchwork system of “stay-at-home” orders and other public health measures.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil April 8, 2020 12:12 pm CDT