Dan O’Donnell: Through the Overton Window

As the City of Milwaukee joins Dane County and other municipalities across the state in enacting a mask mandate and Milwaukeeans wonder when (if ever) their children will be allowed to return to school, one might naturally wonder how Wisconsin got to this point so quickly.

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“Meeting in Middle America”: Host Steven Olikara interviews Mississippi State Representative Jeramey Anderson

The latest episode of “Meeting in Middle America” with host Steven Olikara features a discussion with Mississippi Representative Jeramey Anderson, who was the youngest African-American state legislator ever elected in United States history. The podcast highlights the state’s recent move to remove the confederate flag symbol from the state’s official

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Dan O’Donnell: Through the Overton Window

As the City of Milwaukee joins Dane County and other municipalities across the state in enacting a mask mandate and Milwaukeeans wonder when (if ever) their children will be allowed to return to school, one might naturally wonder how Wisconsin got to this point so quickly.

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Biden campaign: Statement on Vice President Mike Pence’s visit to Wisconsin

Today, Biden for President Deputy Campaign Manager and Communications Director Kate Bedingfield released the following statement on Vice President Mike Pence’s trip to Wisconsin: “As we continue to confront the coronavirus pandemic, unemployment is at its highest level since the Great Depression, hundreds of thousands of Wisconsinites are out of work, and Donald

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Kind, Buttigieg tout Biden’s “Build Back Better” plan

Joe Biden’s “Build Back Better” plan would build a strong economy in an environmentally sustainable manner while creating jobs and growing businesses, U.S. Rep. Ron Kind and former Dem presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg say. Speaking Thursday on a virtual roundtable hosted by the Biden campaign, Buttigieg said Americans need to

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Waukesha County: Statement on offering free COVID-19 testing in partnership with WI National Guard

WAUKESHA COUNTY PARTNERS WITH WISCONSIN NATIONAL GUARD TO HOST TWO-DAY FREE COVID-19 DRIVE-THRU TEST SITE Individuals Can Pre-Register While Online to Improve Wait Times  (Waukesha, WI)- Waukesha County Public Health and the Waukesha County Office of Emergency Management are partnering with the Wisconsin National Guard to open a two-day COVID-19 community testing site. All Wisconsin

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Dem lawmakers unveil legislation to overhaul state’s unemployment program

Dem lawmakers unveiled legislation aimed at overhauling the state’s overwhelmed unemployment program by removing obstacles in the application process and broadening access. Meanwhile, Department of Administration Secretary Joel Brennan announced that 100 state employees are being temporarily reassigned to help the Department of Workforce Development with unemployment insurance processing. That

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Biden campaign: Statement on Vice President Mike Pence’s visit to Wisconsin

Today, Biden for President Deputy Campaign Manager and Communications Director Kate Bedingfield released the following statement on Vice President Mike Pence’s trip to Wisconsin: “As we continue to confront the coronavirus pandemic, unemployment is at its highest level since the Great Depression, hundreds of thousands of Wisconsinites are out of

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FRI AM Update: Pence visits today; Barnes headlines Biden event

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers   Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Vice President Mike Pence is set today to make his fifth visit to Wisconsin this year with stops in Ripon and Onalaska. Pence will first visit Ripon College to tout President Trump’s “ongoing commitment to a pro-growth

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