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An increase in turnaround time for COVID-19 test results in pockets across the state and a decline in overall testing are due to a stressed supply chain, according to state health leaders. In urban and rural parts of Wisconsin, a

Wisconsin’s rural hospitals are feeling financial pressure as both COVID-19 in rural communities and uncertainty around Medicaid reimbursements are rising. Most, but certainly not all, rural hospitals in the state are nearly back to pre-COVID service levels, according to Rural

DNC delegates can expect to see two 30-second commercials featuring Milwaukee this week through their virtual meetings. But if you’re streaming or watching at home on TV, you may not catch them. “We are working with the DNCC to get
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Tomorrow: UW System President Thompson Headlines Newsmaker Lunch Hour Tommy G. Thompson, interim president of the University of Wisconsin System and former governor, will be the featured guest at a virtual event set for noon

Former First Lady Michelle Obama — who would have, had the coronavirus not derailed plans for an in-person Democratic National Convention, delivered her remarks in Milwaukee on its opening night — spoke to the nation bluntly.

The August Primary gave election officials a chance to redeem themselves and show whether their newly adopted changes can prevent April’s chaos from happening in November.

Thompson is proving to be the right person, for the right job, at the right time.

Although holding class is apparently too dangerous, the Oak Creek-Franklin School District is offering “School Day Camp” for an extra $100 per child per week.

Record shows many examples of grabbing cases before lower courts rule.

On the 50th anniversary of the Sterling Hall bombing it’s time to reflect on the importance of nonviolence.

This week marks the 100th anniversary of U.S. ratification of the 19th amendment giving women the right to vote. While women have fought long and hard for the right to vote and hold office, progress is still slow and uneven,

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The November election is about returning “kindness, respect, empathy, and civility back to the White House,” Gov. Tony Evers told the Democratic National Convention last night. As other

There was an increased, but still light presence of groups demonstrating near the convention site in Milwaukee on Day 3 of the Democratic National Convention.

Joe Biden told the Wisconsin delegation today Trump “waved the white flag” on addressing the COVID-19 pandemic. “When it comes to the pandemic, after months of failure, he just gave up,” Biden said of Trump during an online meeting with
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The November election presents a choice between “whether America remains America” or falls to socialism, Vice President Pence said during a stop in southeastern Wisconsin. In a 36-minute speech delivered from the

An increase in turnaround time for COVID-19 test results in pockets across the state and a decline in overall testing are due to a stressed supply chain, according to state health leaders. In urban and rural parts of Wisconsin, a shortage in testing supplies — both the kits to collect

Wisconsin’s rural hospitals are feeling financial pressure as both COVID-19 in rural communities and uncertainty around Medicaid reimbursements are rising. Most, but certainly not all, rural hospitals in the state are nearly back to pre-COVID service levels, according to Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative Executive Director Tim Size. However, those hospitals

DNC delegates can expect to see two 30-second commercials featuring Milwaukee this week through their virtual meetings. But if you’re streaming or watching at home on TV, you may not catch them. “We are working with the DNCC to get them either distributed through the campaign, through the DNCC channels
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Tomorrow: UW System President Thompson Headlines Newsmaker Lunch Hour Tommy G. Thompson, interim president of the University of Wisconsin System and former governor, will be the featured guest at a virtual event set for noon tomorrow, August 21. This Newsmaker Lunch Hour is presented by

Former First Lady Michelle Obama — who would have, had the coronavirus not derailed plans for an in-person Democratic National Convention, delivered her remarks in Milwaukee on its opening night — spoke to the nation bluntly.

The August Primary gave election officials a chance to redeem themselves and show whether their newly adopted changes can prevent April’s chaos from happening in November.

Thompson is proving to be the right person, for the right job, at the right time.

Although holding class is apparently too dangerous, the Oak Creek-Franklin School District is offering “School Day Camp” for an extra $100 per child per week.

Record shows many examples of grabbing cases before lower courts rule.

On the 50th anniversary of the Sterling Hall bombing it’s time to reflect on the importance of nonviolence.

This week marks the 100th anniversary of U.S. ratification of the 19th amendment giving women the right to vote. While women have fought long and hard for the right to vote and hold office, progress is still slow and uneven, both in terms of percentage of women serving in elected

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — The November election is about returning “kindness, respect, empathy, and civility back to the White House,” Gov. Tony Evers told the Democratic National Convention last night. As other Wisconsin speakers at the convention have done, Evers bemoaned that

There was an increased, but still light presence of groups demonstrating near the convention site in Milwaukee on Day 3 of the Democratic National Convention.

Joe Biden told the Wisconsin delegation today Trump “waved the white flag” on addressing the COVID-19 pandemic. “When it comes to the pandemic, after months of failure, he just gave up,” Biden said of Trump during an online meeting with the Wisconsin delegation, according to a pool report. “You know,
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The November election presents a choice between “whether America remains America” or falls to socialism, Vice President Pence said during a stop in southeastern Wisconsin. In a 36-minute speech delivered from the Tankcraft Corp. in Darien, Pence regularly knocked Joe Biden on