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COVID rate in Wisconsin prisons five times higher than state Follow Us
Question of the Day Ramiah Whiteside of Milwaukee holds a sign during a protest outside of the Wisconsin governor’s mansion in Maple Bluff, Wis., on Nov. 24, 2020. Event organizers sought to draw attention to the thousands of inmates and staff who have contracted . more > By VANESSA SWALES of Wisconsin Watch - Associated Press - Saturday, February 20, 2021
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Calvin Johnson spent his final weeks at Prairie du Chien Correctional Institution wracked in pandemic anxiety, a former cellmate recalled. He closely tracked COVID-19’s spread in and outside of the medium-security state prison - eyeing infection counts in surrounding Crawford County and across Wisconsin.
Minnesota homeowners, solar groups back solar panel bill Follow Us
Question of the Day By FRANK JOSSIE of Energy News Network - Associated Press - Saturday, February 20, 2021
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Jonathan Edmonson had plans to put a 16-kilowatt solar array on the roof of his suburban Minneapolis home, covering its dark blue roof with sleek black panels.
In October, though, the homeowners association for his Blaine community rejected his proposal, citing aesthetic concerns and the lack of established guidelines for rooftop solar in the association’s bylaws.
The electrical engineer is among a group of homeowners and solar advocates who are asking Minnesota lawmakers this session to support a bill (HF 257) allowing homeowners associations to regulate but not ban the installation of photovoltaic and solar thermal panels on single-family homes. The bill continues to progress through the House