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April is Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month.  The State Department of Children and Families says data from 2018 shows there were nearly 45-thousand reports of child maltreatment which is defined as neglect plus abuse.  Maltreatment was confirmed in 55-hundred of those cases with many victims ranging in age from newborn to three-years-old.

The Democrats are moving their national convention in Milwaukee to the week before the Republicans meet in Charlotte.  The D-N-C had originally scheduled it for July so it wouldn’t compete for attention with the Olympics.  The party’s CEO Joe Solmones thought this was the best course of action because of the uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.  The convention is now scheduled for the week of August 17th. 

Social Security recipients across the Badger State are relieved by the news that they will be receiving a stimulus check.  There had been some confusion regarding the COVID-19 stimulus payments and whether recipients had to file a tax return in order to receive the benefit.  But the Treasury Department said yesterday those who earn under 75-thousand-dollars a year will have the stimulus payment either deposited in the bank or sent by mail.

More Americans than ever before are filing unemployment claims as the coronavirus pandemic continues to sweep the nation.  The Labor Department reports this morning that more than six-point-six-million workers filed first-time claims for benefits last week.  That’s more than double the three-point-three million claims filed the week before and it’s the highest total in the history of the seasonally-adjusted figures.  Here in our state we continue to be hit as well. The impact of the coronavirus is hard to hide

There are now more than 16-hundred people in Wisconsin sick with the coronavirus. The state’s Department of Health Services and a number of counties added hundreds of cases to the state’s coronavirus count yesterday. There are also more deaths. DHS says 34 people have died in the state. DHS is also releasing numbers on hospitalizations for the first time. Doctors say 393 people have been to, or are still in, the hospital because of the virus. Here in our area, the trend

There is plenty of support at the Wisconsin Capitol to end the one-week waiting period for unemployment benefits. But there are questions as to just how much more state help lawmakers are willing to provide during the coronavirus outbreak. The top Republicans at the Capitol, Speaker Robin Vos and Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, yesterday said they’re on-board with fast tracking unemployment help. Governor Evers is pushing two packages that would also spend nearly a billion-dollars on healthcare providers and other needs

A federal judge in Madison says Governor Evers and Republican lawmakers have failed to get the state ready for an election in the middle of a pandemic. Judge William Conley yesterday said neither the governor nor the legislature stepped-up to provide guidance as to how next week’s election should be held. Conley didn’t rule on three lawsuits that ask to postpone the election. He said he’s leaning against that, but is willing to let local election managers count some absentee

The search for a missing western Wisconsin woman is over. Authorities in Polk County last night canceled the Silver Alert for 74-year-old Mary Dotson. She went missing yesterday morning. Deputies said she was traveling when her family lost touch with her. Hours later, the sheriff’s office said Dotson was found safe and sound.

If people in Wisconsin can’t go to the bar during the coronavirus outbreak, the state’s Tavern League wants to be able to bring drinks to the people. The Tavern League yesterday asked lawmakers to allow for delivery during the coronavirus outbreak. The league is also asking for tax breaks and other help to cover the cost of what could be a months-long shut down at the state’s bars. Tavern League President Chris Marsicano says without the help, bars across the state will