Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) stands between Sens. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and John Barrasso (R-Wyoming) during a news briefing following a Feb. 14, 2020 meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyivv, Ukraine. (Shutterstock)
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Hagedorn joins progressives in calling the case “a dangerous path we are being asked to tread.”
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Politics Election officials await the start of Milwaukee County's election recount on Nov. 20, 2020
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Dec. 4, 2020, headlines from around Wisconsin

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Healthcare Gov. Tony Evers calls for unity and working together during a streamed address Nov. 10. (Screenshot)
Healthcare Evers Asks For Federal Aid, Vaccine Priority Because State Republicans Won’t Help

“The federal government’s gotta step to the plate,” Evers says.

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Courts President Donald Trump removes his mask upon return to the White House from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Oct. 5 in Washington, DC. Trump spent three days hospitalized for coronavirus. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Courts WI Supreme Court Rejects Trump Election Suit on a 4-3 Vote

Conservative Justice Hagedorn joins progressives in telling the president he must follow the regular path through lower courts first.

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Politics Rep.-elect Sue Conley (D-Milwaukee) and Rep.-elect Supreme Moore Omokunde (D-Milwaukee) are two of the new members of the Wisconsin Assembly. (Graphic Illustration by Morgaine Ford-Workman)
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Conley is interested in housing solutions for renters and landlords, while Omokunde wants to address climate injustice and climate change.

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Politics Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) stands between Sens. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and John Barrasso (R-Wyoming) during a news briefing following a Feb. 14, 2020 meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyivv, Ukraine. (Shutterstock)
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Dec. 2, 2020, headlines from around Wisconsin

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Politics Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-Burlington) addresses colleagues on December 4, 2018 at the state Capitol in Madison.
Politics GOP’s COVID-19 ‘Relief’ Plan: Mandates, Restrictions, and Budget Cuts

Requires schools and governments to re-open despite growing numbers of cases.

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Our Wisconsin Irene Alexander holds a collage of photos of her great-granddaughter Anisa Scott at her home Tuesday. A community call to action led by the Boys & Girls Club of Dane County is renovating Alexander's home in time for the holidays. (Photo © Andy Manis)
Our Wisconsin Renovation Project Underway for Anisa Scott’s Great-Grandmother

Irene Alexander lost her great granddaughter to gun violence, only to lose her brother and husband within months of the violent tragedy.

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Health Healthcare workers will most likely be among the first to receive the COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available. Image via Shutterstock
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