A number of different groups across Wisconsin are organizing Black Lives Matter protests, and each have their own perspective about needs in their communities. Still, there are common themes to their requests.
When the Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down the Evers administration's "Safer at Home" order May 13, it left the door open for a new order to replace it. But there’s a catch — and a pretty big one.
Of the 2.4 million weekly claims submitted to the state between March 15 and May 23, about 728,000 had yet to be paid as of the latter date, according to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development.
Wisconsin has been an on-again, off-again swing state for a very long time. For more than a century, its voters have ridden waves of close elections or flip-flopping party allegiances.
A Republican-backed stay-at-home order in Wisconsin would include a shift to regional restrictions and a move away from a state list of so-called "essential businesses," according to the leader of the state Assembly.
Vice President Mike Pence visited Wisconsin on April 21 to highlight ramped-up ventilator production in response to the COVID-19 pandemic at a GE Healthcare factory in Madison.
Police and firefighter organizations are saying a new state law in Wisconsin will make it too difficult for first responders to get workers' compensation benefits if they get COVID-19 while on the job.
