Wauwatosa residents have been increasingly speaking out against the killing of coyotes in the Milwaukee-area suburb.
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With Medicaid Renewal About to Start, State Urges Patients to Update Contact Info
Wisconsin Medicaid and BadgerCare participants will start hearing this month from the state health department about when they will need to renew their enrollment in the health insurance program.
Company Tests a $5K Subsidy to Help Employees Pay for Child Care
When the COVID-19 pandemic made filling job openings even tougher than it had been for years, Tina Kowalczyk decided to see what Schreiber Foods could do to help employees with child care.
WI Eyes Deicer Training to Curb Salt Pollution
Spring is almost here, but Wisconsin can’t rule out the occasional snowstorm over the next few weeks, potentially resulting in more ice-melting products being used.
Leading American Medical Journal Continues to Omit Black Research, Reinforcing a Legacy of Racism in Medical Knowledge
The leading U.S. medical journal, read regularly by doctors of all specialties, systematically ignores an equally reputable and rigorous body of medical research that focuses on Black Americans’ health.
US Adds Over 300,000 Jobs in February
The organization found that the national unemployment rate rose from 3.4 percent in January to 3.6 percent in February.
Pocan Condemns GOP Bill to Bar Trans Girls, Women from Student Athletics
As Republicans in Congress advanced a bill in committee Wednesday that would block transgender student athletes from participating in girls’ or women’s sports, U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Madison) held a press conference to condemn the legislation.
The Retention Problem: Women Are Going into Tech but Are Also Being Driven Out
By 2029, there will be 3.6 million computing jobs in the U.S., but there will only be enough college graduates with computing degrees to fill 24% of these jobs.
Debate over School Resource Officers Moves to the Capitol
Two Republican-backed bills on school safety made their way to the Assembly Committee on Education last week.
Guidance for SNAP Recipients as Pandemic Boost Ends
Wisconsin residents receiving federal food assistance have now seen their final round of emergency aid prompted by the pandemic. Hunger-fighting groups have tips on how to ease the transition.