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The Madison Catholic Diocese has instructed its 102 parishes not to host coronavirus vaccination clinics in their schools and churches.
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Read More »Manufacturers sue over federal vaccine mandates for workers
Two Wisconsin manufacturers are among those suing to block the Biden administration from instituting COVID-19 vaccine mandates for private-sector workers.
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Read More »GOP pushback on employer vaccine mandate underway in states (UPDATE)
Tens of millions of Americans who work at companies with 100 or more employees will need to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Jan. 4 or get tested for the virus weekly under government rules issued Thursday.
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Read More »UW System to follow vaccine order for federal contractors
The University of Wisconsin System said Wednesday that it will comply with an executive order issued by President Joe Biden that requires federal contractors to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
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Read More »Wisconsin lawmaker returns to work after bout of COVID-19
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin legislator returned to work Thursday for the first time since COVID-19 left him breathing through a ventilator. Republican Sen. Andre Jacque, of De Pere, was hospitalized Aug. 16 after ...
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Read More »Another parent sues over school’s lack of COVID protocols
Another Wisconsin mother has filed a federal lawsuit over the lack of COVID-19 protocols at her son's school.
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Read More »Biden lifts abortion referral ban on family-planning clinics
The Biden administration reversed a ban on abortion referrals by family-planning clinics, lifting a Trump administration restriction as political and legal battles over abortion grow sharper from Texas to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Read More »Surviving COVID in ICU gives Milwaukee judge new perspective
Milwaukee Municipal Judge Derek Mosley is a kidney transplant recipient who faced a 12-day battle with COVID-19 last year in the ICU at Froedtert Hospital. He vividly remembers a crucial moment in the ICU when a doctor called him from inside the hospital and told him his health had hit a precarious stage.
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Read More »Officials: Nearly all UW System classes delivered in person
Nearly all of the classes being taught currently on University of Wisconsin campuses are in person, bouncing back from last year when nearly all went remote as COVID-19 spread across the state, interim UW System President Tommy Thompson said on Tuesday.
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Read More »Vaccination rates vary widely on UW-System campuses
University of Wisconsin officials say student vaccination rates for COVID-19 vary widely among the system's campuses.
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Read More »FDA panel is first key test for Biden COVID-19 booster plan
The Biden administration's embattled plan to dispense COVID-19 booster shots to most Americans faced its first major hurdle Friday as a government advisory panel met to decide whether to endorse extra doses of the Pfizer vaccine.
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Read More »Evers announces COVID testing requirement for state workers
Gov. Tony Evers' administration issued an order Tuesday requiring all executive branch workers who haven't submitted their COVID-19 vaccination status to their supervisors or aren't fully vaccinated to undergo weekly testing.
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Read More »Nearly 70% of state executive branch workers vaccinated
Almost 70% of state executive branch workers have received at least one shot of COVID-19 vaccine, Gov. Tony Evers' administration said on Monday.
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Read More »Nass asks GOP leaders to sue UW System over COVID policies
Sen. Steve Nass officially asked the Legislature's Republican leaders Tuesday to sue the University of Wisconsin System after system officials refused to submit their COVID-19 protocols to his committee for approval.
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Read More »Evers extends $100 incentive for COVID-19 vaccinations
Wisconsin's $100 reward program for those receiving the COVID-19 vaccine will be extended two weeks until Sept. 19, Gov. Tony Evers announced Friday.
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Read More »Another Republican says don’t sue UW over COVID policies (UPDATE)
A second Republican lawmaker says he doesn't support suing the University of Wisconsin System over its COVID-19 protocols, deepening an intra-party squabble over whether the Legislature should take control of the system's mitigation policies.
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Read More »Health officials urge masks, vaccines as COVID average soars
Health officials are warning Wisconsin residents to get vaccinated, wear masks and avoid indoor gatherings over the Labor Day weekend as the delta variant drives the state's COVID-19 case average to levels not seen in months.
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Read More »State Supreme Court refuses to take up mask challenge
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has declined to take up a conservative legal group's challenge to Dane County's mask mandate.
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Read More »Milwaukee mayor orders vaccinations for city employees
Milwaukee's mayor has ordered mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for city employees. Mayor Tom Barrett made the announcement Tuesday afternoon. The requirement applies to general city employees as well as temporary employees and interns.
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Read More »Thompson won’t give lawmakers control of UW’s COVID policies
University of Wisconsin System President Tommy Thompson pushed back Tuesday against Republican lawmakers who claim campuses need their permission to implement COVID-19 policies, insisting university leaders don't need legislative approval to manage the system.
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Read More »Wisconsin lawmaker asks for prayers for colleague with COVID
The office of a Wisconsin lawmaker who has been an outspoken critic of vaccine and mask mandates declined to update his condition on Tuesday, even as a fellow legislator asked for prayers, saying the state senator was hospitalized with COVID-19-induced pneumonia.
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Read More »Cardinal Burke off ventilator, still hospitalized with COVID
high-ranking Roman Catholic cardinal who was hospitalized after contracting COVID-19 is off a ventilator and is being moved out of intensive care, according to officials at a Wisconsin shrine that he founded.
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Read More »Federal courts impose new COVID-19 restrictions amid surge
When Sigal Chattah goes to federal court to challenge a school mask mandate issued by the governor of Nevada, she'll likely be required to wear the very thing she's arguing against: a mask.
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Read More »Conservatives ask justices to toss Dane County mask mandate
A conservative law firm asked the state Supreme Court to toss out Dane County's new mask mandate Wednesday, saying county health officials overstepped their authority. Public Health Madison and Dane County, the joint city-county health department, issued a requirement Tuesday that everyone older than 2 wear a mask indoors as a way of slowing COVID-19 cases caused by the delta variant.
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Read More »Cardinal in serious condition after contracting COVID-19
A high-ranking Catholic cardinal who has COVID-19 is alive but in serious condition and has been sedated, according to officials at a Wisconsin shrine that he founded.
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Read More »Wisconsin GOP senator, critic of mask mandates has COVID-19
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican state Sen. André Jacques, one of the Wisconsin Legislature’s most conservative lawmakers and a vocal opponent of mask and vaccine mandates, tested positive for COVID-19 last week and was at ...
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Read More »CNN fires 3 employees for coming to work unvaccinated
CNN has fired three employees who violated company policy by coming to work unvaccinated against the COVID-19 virus.
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Read More »US high court declines to hear church’s attack on COVID restrictions
The U.S. Supreme Court declined this week to hear a lawsuit by a Maine church that sought to take a preemptive strike against future restrictions associated with a variant of the virus that's spreading across the country.
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Read More »Free cream puffs for vaccinations at Wisconsin State Fair
Anyone who gets vaccinated for COVID-19 at a clinic at the Wisconsin State Fair will get a free cream puff, Gov. Tony Evers said Wednesday.
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Read More »CDC issues new eviction ban for most of US through Oct. 3 (UPDATE)
The Biden administration will announce a new 60-day eviction moratorium that would protect areas where 90% of the U.S. population lives, according to three people familiar with the plans who insisted on anonymity to discuss the forthcoming announcement.
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