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Mar 31, 2022

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.

Mar 23, 2022

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.

Feb 16, 2022

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.

Gov. Evers state parks
Feb 16, 2022

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."

Feb 15, 2022

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.

Feb 7, 2022

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.

Feb 7, 2022

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."

Feb 4, 2022

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.

Feb 4, 2022

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.

Jan 25, 2022

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.

Jan 25, 2022

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.

Jan 24, 2022

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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