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Hannah Miller, a nursing student and employee of a long-term care facility in Eau Claire, received her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Aug. 23 — and not voluntarily. 

Anyone who wants health insurance through the Marketplace or who needs to renew should visit the website as soon as possible to make their selections.

Open enrollment began Nov. 1 and continues through Jan. 15, 2022, but you’ll need to enroll or renew by Dec. 15 to ensure coverage begins Jan. 1, 2022.

The percentage of Wisconsin high school seniors completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) plummeted during the pandemic, which likely signals a concerning trend for college enrollment.

Wisconsin’s primary doesn’t happen until August of next year, but the major Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate are busy gathering resources for the primary and general election fight ahead.

The inmate population at state adult prisons recently breached the 20,000 threshold for the first time since January, according to Department of Corrections data reviewed by WisPolitics.com in late September.

Things are a little messy right now as Republicans look for their candidate to take on Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.

State Rep. John Macco has suggested he’s working in coordination with Eric Hovde as they weigh bids only to have a source close to the Madison businessman dismiss that notion.

A state department is warning the public about a new scam involving unemployment insurance.

This month, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation is shining a light on the Steer It, Clear It law.

Local telecommunications companies, utilities and cooperatives were the big winners in the most recent $100-million-grant round of public funding for the expansion in Wisconsin of high-speed internet, also known as broadband.

National and statewide companies like Frontier, Charter, TDS and AT&T mostly saw their requests denied.

A regular reader and friend recently asked where I come up with story ideas and if I ever get writer’s block.

The answers are “I’m not sure” and “all the time.”