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People of color in Wisconsin have higher incarceration rates than whites, which means many jobs and opportunities remain out of reach for them.

Nearly half of the people in custody in Wisconsin prisons and youth facilities are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

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After graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Janie Ocejo put her social work education and bilingual, bicultural background to work by supporting Madison’s Hispanic folks through positions at various community organizations.

RACINE — A judge and prosecutors were OK with a Racine County Jail inmate being let out to be a pall bearer at his sister’s funeral. But the Wisconsin Department of Corrections intervened, keeping him behind bars instead of with his family to say his final goodbyes. Unexpected tragedy Ramsey A lifelong sufferer from sickle cell anemia, Shemera Latrice Ramsey died suddenly at the age of 30 on May 15. Her family gathered for her funeral Friday morning. But Damien Bell, Ramsey’s bro...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Nearly half of the people in custody in Wisconsin prisons and...

Despite incarcerated people becoming eligible early on, vaccinations lagged in prisons.

Two years after ITC chemical fire in Deer Park, Texas close to making new safety rules for industry Sen. Carol Alvarado, D-Houston, spent years negotiating with industry groups to get new regulations placed on the chemical industry after the ITC fire in 2019. Author: ERIN DOUGLAS (The Texas Tribune) Published: 8:40 AM CDT May 24, 2021 Updated: 8:41 AM CDT May 24, 2021 AUSTIN, Texas — (The Texas Tribune) — In March 2019, a massive chemical fire...

Smoke rises from a fire burning at the Intercontinental Terminals Company in Deer Park, east of Houston on March 18, 2019. Credit: Jaimie Meldrum/Handout via REUTERS Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. In March 2019, a massive chemical fire broke out after a leak at a chemical tank farm in Deer Park spread to almost a dozen other tanks. A plume of smoke soon loomed over the Houston skyline and lingered...

Pexels Ageism is something that’s likely to affect everybody as they grow older and it should be treated as seriously as other “isms”, such as racism and sexism. That was the main takeaway from a recent “Solutions to Combat Ageism” webinar, organised in New York by the Global Coalition on Ageing, which aims to educate and drive change to improve older people’s health, productivity and social engagement. Panellists noted that governments, local authorities – and seniors themselves ...