MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature voted early Friday to end funding for a pandemic-era child care subsidy program over the objections of Democrats and child care providers who argued that the move would be devastating for needy families and the state’s ...

State data again showed COVID-19 activity declining both in the Upper Peninsula and across Michigan in the past two weeks, as the federal government officially downgrades the pandemic from being a public health emergency. Iron County on Tuesday had eight new confirmed virus positives since ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The formal end of the national Public Health Emergency on Thursday is largely a symbolic and psychological step, representing the country’s formal emergence from the COVID-19 pandemic. But behind the scenes, several core aspects of America’s pandemic-era emergency ...

GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization said Friday that COVID-19 no longer qualifies as a global emergency, marking a symbolic end to the devastating coronavirus pandemic that triggered once-unthinkable lockdowns, upended economies and killed millions of people worldwide. The ...

COVID-19 activity appears to have significantly slowed in the region, with the number of new confirmed positives in the Upper Peninsula down by nearly half what was recorded the previous week, state data showed Tuesday. Dickinson County had four confirmed positives since April 18, five fewer ...

COVID-19 activity in the area appeared minimal in the past week, with no new cases reported in Iron County and Dickinson County’s numbers down sharply, state health data showed. Dickinson County recorded nine confirmed virus positives since April 11, 26 fewer than the previous week, ...