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Where Wisconsin ranks in federal discrimination complaints nationwide
MADISON, Wis. -- Recently-published data shows Wisconsin ranks near the highest in the country for both the top rate of Black, Asian and Hispanic workers who file federal discrimination complaints,…
'I had a bullseye on my back': Wisconsin state employee files federal discrimination complaint
MADISON, Wis. -- Shante Cameron-Cuesta is certain she’s about to become a statistic. She’s worked as an insurance examiner for the state…
'Death is too good for them': Wisconsin grandmother of murdered boy says father's sentencing brings little relief
MADISON, Wis. -- Born and first abused in Wisconsin, a young boy's tragic life-and-death story has reached a major mile marker, now that his father has been sentenced…
Wisconsin couple wins appeal over $12K unemployment debt; judge overturns DWD's overpayment decision
MADISON, Wis. -- An administrative law judge has overturned a Department of Workforce Development decision to charge an Appleton man about $12,000 for overpaid unemployment benefits during the pandemic. The news…
In Wisconsin, a $100 vaccine incentive seems to work. Nationwide, incentive results are a tossup.
MADISON, Wis. -- A week after Gov. Tony Evers promised a $100 rewards card to anyone in Wisconsin getting their first COVID-19 vaccine, the 7-day average of shots…
FBI reports 44% increase in Wisconsin hate crimes last year. Here's why that's only a small part of the story.
MADISON, Wis. -- Hate crimes rose by 44% last year in Wisconsin, according to the latest annual FBI hate crime report. In an ongoing uptick over the past several years, the number rose to 72 last year, up from 50…
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Technology, learning loss, mental health: Top funding priorities for southern Wisconsin school districts
School districts are still finalizing how they'll spend a portion of federal pandemic relief funds going into the coming school year, but a few key priorities are emerging.
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Is your state lawmaker vaccinated? Check our survey here
MADISON, Wis. -- Fewer than half of Wisconsin's 99 representatives and 33 senators are disclosing whether or not they've received the COVID-19 vaccine, after a News 3 Investigates survey asked all…
State officials recommend school districts track COVID-19 vaccinations, but not all are
School districts can’t require eligible students to get the COVID-19 vaccine because it’s not a mandatory immunization like several others in the state -- but they track student and staff vaccinations.
Update: State lawmaker calling for DWD transparency, 'culture change' as reports rise of unemployment debt
In multiple reports, News 3 Investigates and other media outlets have reported people receiving tens of thousands in bills, due to filing mistakes the state blames on the claimants.
For Wisconsinites facing thousands in unemployment debt, monthly payments could cost hundreds
Steve Vignali of Appleton is weighing retirement. But first, he has to deal with about $12,000 in debt from overpaid unemployment benefits that Wisconsin's Department of Workforce Development says he owes.
'It's disconcerting': In southcentral Wisconsin jails, few inmates are vaccinated
At the City-County Building in Madison, where two floors house some of Dane County's highest security inmates, a row of narrow isolation cells stands mostly empty.
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East Washington Avenue: A deadly problem
After the deadliest year in at least a decade, the city of Madison says it's planning new solutions for East Washington Avenue.
‘Lost in your own hell’: As pandemic recedes, worsened opioid epidemic persists
The COVID-19 pandemic overshadowed and worsened a deadly epidemic that touches so many in the country.
She quit her job to care for her children during COVID. Now, Wisconsin demands $30K repayment for unemployment benefits.
When Dominique Aldridge quit her job as a certified nursing assistant in Green Bay last March, it was because her three young children--two of them school-aged--suddenly had no daytime childcare when schools closed as COVID-19 first spread in Wisconsin.
'Needlessly exposed': Few inspections, hundreds of complaints about unsafe workplaces in Wisconsin as COVID cases spiked
New records show just how many of those who never left their job sites felt like they didn't have the luxury of the barest safety necessities at the workplaces where they were touted as essential.
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