Articles by Marisa Wojcik

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The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction has released guidance or how K-12 schools across the state will be able to reopen facilities for the 2020-21 school year as COVID-19 continues to spread throughout Wisconsin communities.
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The University of Wisconsin-Madison announced plans to reopen campus to students and staff for the fall 2020 semester.
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As protests over police brutality and systemic racism continue, state and local leaders in Wisconsin are grappling with how to address the needs of their own communities. Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes discusses police budgets and policy, a culture of racism, and his vision for the state.
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Many words have been used to describe the police accountability protests across Wisconsin and the nation. Urban Triage founder and CEO Brandi Grayson, an organizer of the Black Lives Matter demonstrations in Madison, discusses what peace means in this movement.
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Wisconsin didn't see a surge of COVID-19 patients that other parts of the U.S. did, but how are hospitals preparing for future cases? Wisconsin Hospital Association chief medical officer Dr. Mark Kaufman discusses what healthcare providers are doing going forward.
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There have been a whirlwind of changes for Wisconsin after the state Supreme Court struck down the statewide "Safer at Home" order. Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol bureau reporter Laurel White explains how a local patchwork of stay-at-home rules took shape.
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The end of a preempted school year is approaching and many students, teachers and parents across the state have been navigating learning at home since March. Deputy State Superintendent Michael Thompson explains how districts are coping, as well as what the future holds for K-12 schools.
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As Wisconsin's stay-at-home order continues, are people continuing to shelter in place? Location data tracking people's movement shows trends in how the pandemic has impacted where people go over time and if the state's public health order is working.
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A report from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee shows how coronavirus is spreading along lines of segregation in north Milwaukee, and African Americans are being disproportionately impacted.
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To date, COVID-19 has hit Milwaukee the hardest. A new study highlights the racial divide of the virus' spread, particularly on the city's north side, and state representative David Bowen explains the impact it's had on his constituency.