Health and business groups testified Tuesday on opposite sides of a GOP-backed bill responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in Wisconsin. Read more »
Kyle Rittenhouse, an Illinois teenager charged in the killings of two people during protests in Kenosha following a police shooting pleaded not guilty in a court appearance Tuesday. Read more »
In Wisconsin and other states across the nation, the rollout of COVID-19 vaccine so far has been slower than promised under the federal Operation Warp Speed initiative. Efforts to pick up the pace are complicated by decisions on who should be given vaccine priority along with supply and distribution issues. Read more »
There were 3,403 new positive cases of COVID-19 in Wisconsin on Tuesday, according to the state Department of Health Services. There were 95 new deaths. Read more »
Officials with the state Department of Workforce Development said Monday they aim to start paying out a new $300 unemployment insurance supplement "within the next few weeks." Seventeen states across the country have either already started paying the supplement or have begun processing payments, according to an online tracker. Read more »
Gov. Tony Evers has mobilized approximately 500 Wisconsin National Guard troops to active duty in advance of an anticipated charging decision in the case of the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha. Read more »
Canadian oil and gas company Cenovus Energy has closed on its nearly $5 billion deal to buy Calgary-based Husky Energy, the company that owns and operates Wisconsin's only oil refinery. Read more »
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