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A federal judge sentenced an Oregon man to five years in prison Thursday for brandishing a knife on an Amtrak train passing through Wisconsin.
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Read More »Milwaukee, Madison make mask mandate decisions
Milwaukee County will maintain a mask mandate for Milwaukee County Transit System riders and staff.
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Read More »Florida judge voids US mask mandate for planes, other travel
A federal judge in Florida has voided the national mask mandate covering airplanes and other public transportation as exceeding the authority of U.S. health officials in the coronavirus pandemic.
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Read More »Firms struggle with calling employees back to the office as pandemic subsides
Call it the great divide: Even as many legal professionals have grown accustomed to the conveniences of working remotely, more and more law firms are starting to expect them back in the office for at least a few days a week.
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Read More »COVID, election conspiracy theorist enters Wisconsin AG race
A conservative lawyer who sued to overturn President Joe Biden's 2020 victory in Wisconsin and wants to investigate her baseless allegations that hospitals murdered COVID-19 patients for profit is running for attorney general.
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Read More »Why are COVID vaccine injuries treated differently?
There are significant differences in the process and compensation for those injured from the COVID-19 vaccine versus other vaccines such as the seasonal flu.
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Read More »UW System to end mask mandate by spring break
University of Wisconsin System officials said Wednesday they plan to end their campus mask mandates by spring break.
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Read More »Evers calls on Legislature to approve $150 taxpayer refund
Gov. Tony Evers used his election year State of the State address on Tuesday to call on the Republican-controlled Legislature to approve his plan to send $150 to every taxpayer in Wisconsin, saying inaction by lawmakers now while people are suffering is "baloney."
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Read More »Wisconsin Senate approves protections for unvaccinated
The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate passed a package of bills Tuesday that push back against COVID-19 vaccine requirements and aim to shield workers who do not want to protect themselves from the virus by being inoculated.
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Read More »2nd guilty plea planned in alleged plot to kidnap Whitmer
A man charged in an alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has agreed to plead guilty, according to documents filed Monday, giving prosecutors another insider who could be a central witness at a March trial.
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Read More »State AG races become litmus test for GOP election claims
Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden, a Republican, has won re-election multiple times in a state where the GOP dominates politically and, in his telling, has "a 20-year track record of calling balls and strikes fairly and squarely."
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Read More »GOP bills aimed at unproven treatments for COVID-19
Doctors and hospital leaders are pushing back against a package of Republican bills that seek to bar health care providers from withholding unproven treatments for COVID-19.
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Read More »State medical officer: COVID could become endemic in 2022
COVID-19 could become endemic by the end of the year, Wisconsin's top medical officer said Thursday.
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Read More »Assembly to vote on Republican-authored police incentives
The Wisconsin Assembly was set to vote Tuesday on a package of Republican-authored bills designed to bolster police recruiting.
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Read More »Wisconsin Assembly to vote to count infection as immunity
Republicans who control the Wisconsin Assembly were set to approve a bill Tuesday that would require employers to count a prior COVID-19 infection as an alternative to vaccination and testing.
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Read More »Justices to hear challenge to race in college admissions
The conservative-dominated Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a challenge to the consideration of race in college admissions, adding affirmative action to major cases on abortion, guns, religion and COVID-19 already on the agenda.
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Read More »Wisconsin Legislature passes vaccine tampering bill (UPDATE)
Intentionally damaging vaccines would be a felony in Wisconsin under a bill with bipartisan support that the state Assembly is scheduled to approve on Thursday.
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Read More »Supreme Court halts COVID-19 vaccine rule for US businesses
The Supreme Court has stopped the Biden administration from enforcing a requirement that employees at large businesses be vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo weekly testing and wear a mask on the job.
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Read More »Trial postponed for Wisconsin man accused of killing parents
The trial for a Wisconsin man accused of killing and dismembering his parents has been postponed because he tested positive for COVID-19, according to court officials.
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Read More »GOPs advance bill to count prior COVID infection as immunity
Republican lawmakers are advancing a bill that would require employers to count a prior COVID-19 infection as an alternative to vaccination and testing.
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Read More »All Dane County jail inmates to be tested for coronavirus
The National Guard has been summoned to help test nearly 600 inmates at the Dane County Jail for COVID-19 on Monday.
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Read More »Supreme Court skeptical of Biden’s workplace vaccine rule (UPDATE)
The Supreme Court is taking up two major Biden administration efforts to bump up the nation's vaccination rate against COVID-19 at a time of spiking coronavirus cases because of the omicron variant.
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Read More »Marquette delays classes, urges students, staff to boost
Marquette University is delaying the start of its spring semester by a week and urging students and staff to get vaccine booster shots as the COVID-19 omicron variant surges across the state.
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Read More »Republicans propose incentives for police recruits
Wisconsin Republicans introduced a package of bills Tuesday designed to bolster police recruiting with lucrative financial incentives, after officer applications dwindled following George Floyd's death and the national debate over police brutality and racism.
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Read More »High court won’t say whether justices have received booster
The Supreme Court is refusing to say whether the nine justices have received COVID-19 vaccination booster shots, with the omicron variant surging and in-person arguments over vaccines scheduled at the court on Friday.
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Read More »Wisconsin tops 10,000 COVID-19 deaths
COVID-19 has now claimed the lives of more than 10,000 Wisconsin residents.
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Read More »High court to hold special session on vaccine requirements
The Supreme Court says it will hold a special session in just over two weeks to weigh challenges to two Biden administration policies covering vaccine requirements for millions of workers, policies that affect large employers and health care workers.
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Read More »20-member FEMA headed to overwhelmed Green Bay hospital
A 20-member team from the U.S. Navy is headed to Green Bay's Bellin Hospital to help the overwhelmed facility treat patients with COVID-19.
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Read More »EXPLAINER: Must employers follow Biden’s vaccine mandates?
Tens of millions of workers across the U.S. are in limbo as federal courts have issued different rulings related to President Joe Biden's COVID-19 vaccine mandates for larger private companies, certain health care workers and federal government contractors.
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Read More »Wisconsin prisons struggle with staffing shortage
Almost a quarter of the jobs within the state Department of Corrections are unfilled, according to agency data.
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