Erin McGroarty

Dr. Mark Moss of UW Health says patients with respiratory and heart conditions are at high risk because of drifting wildfire smoke.

Corey Ruiz, a 38-year-old Black man from Madison, was fatally shot by an officer Wednesday. Ruiz's family retained civil rights attorney Ben Crump.

SSM Health’s St. Mary’s is the only Madison hospital that doesn’t staff nurses based on patient illness levels. Nurses say it’s a problem.

Corey Ruiz’s family describes a troubled man trying to turn his life around before a Madison officer shot and killed him.

In a first for the state, national group Remote Area Medical will hold a two-day clinic in Verona to provide medical, dental and vision care to those in need.

Cap Times reporter Erin McGroarty is investigating Wisconsin’s Black infant mortality crisis. A brief survey lets you add your voice.

The owner of St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison is asking the National Labor Relations Board to overturn a decision to certify the nurses’ union election.

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About 380 nurses from 10 Dean Medical Group outpatient clinics in Dane County are seeking union certification.

Wisconsin has one of the highest rates of Black babies dying before their first birthday. Neither family income nor education explains the disparity.