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Bridgit Bowden

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Bridgit Bowden is the special projects reporter at Wisconsin Public Radio. Previously, she was the Mike Simonson Memorial Investigative Reporting Fellow at WisconsinWatch.

Outbreak Wisconsin

Rosemary Kraemer, beloved mother, grandmother and ‘GG’, dies of COVID-19 at 74

By Bridgit Bowden (WPR) | December 15, 2020

Rosemary Kraemer died Oct. 14, 2020, of complications from COVID-19 at age 74. She is one of more than 4,000 Wisconsinites lost to the virus.

Outbreak Wisconsin

‘Winter is coming, and a lot of doors are going to be shut’: Restaurant and bar workers in peril as weather grows cold and COVID-19 keeps spreading

By Bridgit Bowden (WPR) | October 27, 2020

Before the pandemic, Amy Moreland worked as a bartender and events coordinator in Madison. “Well, that’s canceled forever, or the foreseeable future,” she joked anxiously in her latest audio diary for Outbreak Wisconsin.

Outbreak Wisconsin

‘It doesn’t look like there’s an end in sight to this’: Pandemic drags on as $600 unemployment lifeline nears expiration

By Bridgit Bowden (WPR) | July 22, 2020

Amy Moreland, a Madison bartender out of work since mid-March, has been forced to make tough decisions about money as her benefits from the federal CARES Act near expiration.

Outbreak Wisconsin

Introducing dairy farmer Brian Voegeli: ‘Our Family Has Been Through A Lot’

By Bridgit Bowden (WPR) | May 26, 2020

Bryan Voegeli runs a dairy farm located between New Glarus and Monticello. “In our small corner of the world we were just starting to get through one set of difficult times, and now … like everyone else we kind of got hit with another.”

Outbreak Wisconsin

‘Day 54 and finally some financial relief’: Madison Bartender Amy Moreland on waiting for federal unemployment aid

By Bridgit Bowden (WPR) | May 11, 2020

Madison bartender Amy Moreland has been out of work since mid-March. “I am trying to control the things that I can control, but I’m frustrated,” she said.

Outbreak Wisconsin

Introducing Amy Moreland: Madison bartender

By Bridgit Bowden (WPR) | April 27, 2020

Prior to the pandemic, Moreland’s life was moving forward. Now she’s unemployed and scared of the unknown.

Economy

No relief from Wisconsin’s 565 percent payday loan interest under new rules

By Bridgit Bowden (WPR) | June 10, 2016

Payday lenders in Wisconsin charge an average of 565 percent interest for short-term loans. New proposed federal rules to protect consumers will not change that.

Frac Sand Rush

Controversy on Wisconsin-Iowa border as frac sand mine, No. 1 in violations, seeks to expand

By Bridgit Bowden (WPR) | May 5, 2016

Pattison Sand Co., which recently opened a site in Wisconsin, is facing concerns over the growth of its Iowa mine, which has a worst-in-the-nation safety record.

Economy

Wisconsin’s new debt law not in line with federal recommendations

By Bridgit Bowden (WPR) | April 3, 2016

The FTC has recommended that states boost requirements for what documentation is needed at the beginning of a lawsuit. Wisconsin’s new law does not meet most of these recommendations.

Economy

Controversial debt buyers get a break under new Wisconsin law

By Bridgit Bowden (WPR) | April 3, 2016

A new Wisconsin law standardized debt collection; advocates fear it could hurt consumers.

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