Since Oshkosh artist Leif Larson can't spend much time at his easel in his studio, he's taken to painting the pace and perspectives of his home and family.
Madison bluegrass guitarist Bobby Batyko and his partner Lorie Docken have been making music together since they met at a bluegrass jam in 1997. Now they play on their Madison porch every night for their neighbors.
Four mornings a week, right after breakfast, Nate Royko Maurer leaves the house, gets in his car and drives to work at home. It's the price the rural Iowa County man pays for spotty broadband in his part of the state.
"I only leave the house now to take out the garbage," said Devonta Hymes from his home on Milwaukee's north side. The Washington High School senior's caution comes from an up close and personal view of COVID-19.
This isn’t the first pandemic the Voegeli family has worked through. They’ve milked purebred Brown Swiss dairy cows on their 1,500-acre Monticello farmstead since 1854 — 64 years before the flu pandemic of 1918.
Local and state efforts are underway to shunt dairy products that would otherwise go to waste during the COVID-19-related economic downturn to food banks, which are experiencing increased demand for their services and supplies.
Until recently, debates over federalism—the division of power between state and national government—may have been the exclusive province of politics nerds and “Hamilton” super fans. But now it’s part of the national discussion over the response to COVID-19.
Every business in America is being significantly affected by the COVID-19 outbreak and related economic woes. For non-profits, the impact may be no less significant. One online CNN commentator recently warned it could be an “extinction-level event” for many community service organizations.
