Stories tagged: "Sen. Ron Johnson"

Economy Dusk falls over the Capitol Monday after Congressional leaders have hashed out a massive, year-end catchall bill that combines $900 billion in COVID-19 aid with a $1.4 trillion spending bill and reams of other unfinished legislation on taxes, energy, education and health care. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Economy Every Wisconsin Republican in Congress Voted Against the COVID Relief Bill

For the second time in 2020, every GOP member from the state opposed bipartisan help for farmers, renters, homeowners, small business owners, and families.

Jonathon Sadowski Jonathon Sadowski December 22, 2020 10:18 am CST
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)
Politics Former GOP Official Says Ron Johnson Called It ‘Political Suicide’ to Admit Biden Won

Dec. 2, 2020, headlines from around Wisconsin

UpNorthNews Staff December 2, 2020 4:07 pm CST
Voting An absentee ballot for the upcoming presidential election. (Photo by Pat Kreitlow)
Voting What Happens to Your Ballot if You Die After Voting Absentee in Wisconsin

Some states count dead voters’ ballots, while others discard them.

Jonathon Sadowski Jonathon Sadowski October 23, 2020 10:20 am CDT
Commentary 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)
Commentary Outagamie County Exec Compares Johnson’s Misuse of Senate Committee to McCarthy

Tom Nelson says the Twitter age won’t save Ron Johnson.

Tom Nelson Tom Nelson September 8, 2020 6:59 am CDT
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Politics Ron Johnson Calls Postmaster General Before Committee to Praise Cutbacks

Senator showers praise on the Trump mega-donor who says hundreds of sorting machines won’t come back.

Pat Kreitlow Pat Kreitlow August 21, 2020 12:16 pm CDT

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Medical assistant Jeanne Xiong of N.E.W. Community Clinic of Green Bay gives nurse practitioner Michelle Fowles Ceva her second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Jan. 27, 2021. (Photo by Christina Lieffring) Coronavirus Who Will Be in Vaccine Group 1C? Nobody Knows Yet, but the Work to Decide It Is Now Underway
(Graphic by Morgaine Ford-Workman; childhood photos provided by Garland Hampton and Dominee Meek) Criminal Justice Sentenced to Prison as Minors, These Two Men Want Kids to Get Help With Trauma Sooner
FILE, Mar. 2020—Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes addresses members of the Governor’s Task Force on Climate Change during a meeting at UW-Stevens Point. (Photo by Julian Emerson) Climate Climate Change Panel to Stay Active, Seek Legislative Action on Its Plan
A shovel is set in place before the June 28, 2018 groundbreaking ceremony of what was originally planned as a Foxconn large flat-screen manufacturing facility. (Photo by Yichuan Cao/NurPhoto) Politics Something Else That Won’t Be Made by Foxconn: Robotic Coffee Machines
Coronavirus Johnson, Walker Push Hydroxychloroquine Despite No Evidence of Its Effectiveness to Treat COVID
Coronavirus Johnson, Walker Push Hydroxychloroquine Despite No Evidence of Its Effectiveness to Treat COVID

In a Cap Times op-ed, the Republican senator and former GOP governor hype a discredited drug.

Jonathon Sadowski Jonathon Sadowski July 17, 2020 12:55 pm CDT
Coronavirus Doctors to Ron Jonson: COVID-19 Is More Lethal Than the Flu
Coronavirus Johnson: Masks Are a ‘Courtesy’

On systemic racism in law enforcement: “I doubt it.”

Jonathon Sadowski Jonathon Sadowski June 26, 2020 3:47 pm CDT