Wisconsin Public Radio

• How to Enjoy State Parks Safely

  Apr 5th, 2020 by Mary Kate McCoy

  Visit parks and natural areas, DNR Secretary says, but keep your distance.

• Wisconsin GOP Leaders Make No Election Changes in Special Session

  Apr 4th, 2020 by Rob Mentzer

  And appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to block absentee balloting extension.

• State Prisons Seek More Protective Gear

  Apr 4th, 2020 by Danielle Kaeding

  Corrections department also releases holds on 1,148 nonviolent misdemeanor offenders to reduce spread of disease.

• WI Congressional Delegation Backs Federal Help

  Apr 4th, 2020 by Megan Hart

  All back CARES Act and Evers' disaster declaration for Wisconsin.

• Election Includes Constitutional Amendment

  Apr 4th, 2020 by Laurel White

  Ballot has controversial victims' rights amendment with bipartisan support and opposition.

• National Guard Not Deployed To Enforce Quarantine

  Apr 3rd, 2020 by Alana Watson

  Rumors that guard units were deployed to enforce the stay at home order are unfounded.

• Overwhelming Majority Support School, Business Closures

  Apr 2nd, 2020 by Shawn Johnson

  86 percent of Wisconsin voters support the shutdown order to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Biden Says Convention May Be Postponed

  Apr 1st, 2020 by Corri Hess

  Milwaukee DNC could attract 50,000 people in July, safer to move date back, he says.

• State Unemployment System Overwhelmed

  Apr 1st, 2020 by Rob Mentzer

  Callers can’t get through, 1.5 million calls last week to Department of Workforce Development.

• Should Police Enforce Stay-At-Home Order?

  Mar 31st, 2020 by Alana Watson

  So far Milwaukee Police Chief Morales, other city police departments push voluntary compliance.

• State’s Colleges Will Refund $78 Million

  Mar 30th, 2020 by Rich Kremer

  Wisconsin’s 13 universities and branch campuses reimbursing students moving off campus.

• Elections Commission Deadlocks on Pandemic Guidance

  Mar 30th, 2020 by Laurel White

  Proposal would have reprimanded clerks in Dane and Milwaukee counties.