Wisconsin Senate votes to repeal Wisconsin mask mandate

The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate has voted to repeal Gov. Tony Evers’ statewide mask mandate, despite warnings from virtually every sector of the health care community that doing so would impair efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic...

Donations from university regents to lobbying group under increasing scrutiny

Professor Richard Painter, a well-known expert in legal ethics at the U, says the regents have created potential conflicts of interest by donating to outside political organizations ...

Walmart to build more robot-filled warehouses at stores

The company said Wednesday that it plans to build warehouses at its stores where self-driving robots will fetch groceries and have them ready for shoppers to pick up in an hour or less ...

Senators: New data says Lyme disease under-reported in US

Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine and Democratic Sen. Tina Smith of Minnesota called on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to publish new data about the tick-borne infection ...