Milwaukee Journal SentinelThe signs in battleground Wisconsin increasingly point to a new and volatile election scenario: a big Democratic-leaning bloc of voters casting absentee ballots — and a big Republican-leaning bloc voting at the polls on Election Day. Consider this finding from a Tuesday by the Marquette Law School: Among people planning to vote absentee by mail, Joe Biden leads the race for president by 67 points.Among people planning to vote in person on Election Day, Donald Trump leads by 41 points.While exceptionally stark, those numbers echo the and Wisconsin’s recent...…Milwaukee Journal SentinelThe signs in battleground Wisconsin increasingly point to a new and volatile election scenario: a big Democratic-leaning bloc of voters casting absentee ballots — and a big Republican-leaning bloc voting at the polls on Election Day. Consider this finding from a Tuesday by the Marquette Law School: Among people planning to vote absentee by mail, Joe Biden leads the race for president by 67 points.Among people planning to vote in person on Election Day, Donald Trump leads by 41 points.While exceptionally stark, those numbers echo the and Wisconsin’s recent...WW…

Milwaukee Journal SentinelWASHINGTON – In the midst of the U.S. House debate Wednesday over the $1.9 trillion stimulus plan, Wisconsin Republican Glenn Grothman said in his floor remarks that Black Lives Matter “doesn't like the old-fashioned family,” prompting an impassioned rebuke from a Democratic colleague who represents the Virgin Islands, delegate Stacey Plaskett.Grothman, who represents Wisconsin's Sixth Congressional District, argued that the expansion of the earned income tax credit for single people contained in the bill penalizes marriage.“I bring it up because I know...…Milwaukee Journal SentinelWASHINGTON – In the midst of the U.S. House debate Wednesday over the $1.9 trillion stimulus plan, Wisconsin Republican Glenn Grothman said in his floor remarks that Black Lives Matter “doesn't like the old-fashioned family,” prompting an impassioned rebuke from a Democratic colleague who represents the Virgin Islands, delegate Stacey Plaskett.Grothman, who represents Wisconsin's Sixth Congressional District, argued that the expansion of the earned income tax credit for single people contained in the bill penalizes marriage.“I bring it up because I know...WW…

Milwaukee Journal SentinelThe men and women who represent Wisconsin in Congress went to Washington this week to fulfill their duty of confirming the results of the Nov. 6 election but instead were forced to hide in their offices Wednesday while thousands of the president's supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, leaving at least one woman fatally shot. "I mean, this is banana republic shit. That's where we are," U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher, a Republican from Green Bay, said in an interview after President Donald Trump's supporters broke through barriers at one of the most secure...…Milwaukee Journal SentinelThe men and women who represent Wisconsin in Congress went to Washington this week to fulfill their duty of confirming the results of the Nov. 6 election but instead were forced to hide in their offices Wednesday while thousands of the president's supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, leaving at least one woman fatally shot. "I mean, this is banana republic shit. That's where we are," U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher, a Republican from Green Bay, said in an interview after President Donald Trump's supporters broke through barriers at one of the most secure...WW…

Milwaukee Journal SentinelMADISON - Democrat Joe Biden slightly widened his small victory margin in Wisconsin, according to the final presidential vote tallies counties submitted to the state on Tuesday. The by Wisconsin's 72 counties showed Biden won Wisconsin by 20,608 votes. That's an improvement of 181 votes for Biden compared to the unofficial results in the Nov. 3 election.The completion of the canvasses gave President Donald Trump a little over 24 hours to decide whether to commence a statewide recount, which he has promised to pursue. before it can begin. Trump...…Milwaukee Journal SentinelMADISON - Democrat Joe Biden slightly widened his small victory margin in Wisconsin, according to the final presidential vote tallies counties submitted to the state on Tuesday. The by Wisconsin's 72 counties showed Biden won Wisconsin by 20,608 votes. That's an improvement of 181 votes for Biden compared to the unofficial results in the Nov. 3 election.The completion of the canvasses gave President Donald Trump a little over 24 hours to decide whether to commence a statewide recount, which he has promised to pursue. before it can begin. Trump...WW…

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel The Associated Press declared Democrat Joe Biden the winner in Wisconsin on Wednesday after the state once again went down to the wire in the presidential election.Unofficial results showed Biden with a lead of about 20,000 votes out of 3.2 million cast, and the Trump campaign in a statement vowed it would request a recount.Biden's lead is very close to Trump's winning margin in 2016 over Hillary Clinton. Biden overtook Trump in the early morning hours when the Milwaukee reported its roughly 170,000 absentee votes, which were overwhelmingly...…Milwaukee Journal Sentinel The Associated Press declared Democrat Joe Biden the winner in Wisconsin on Wednesday after the state once again went down to the wire in the presidential election.Unofficial results showed Biden with a lead of about 20,000 votes out of 3.2 million cast, and the Trump campaign in a statement vowed it would request a recount.Biden's lead is very close to Trump's winning margin in 2016 over Hillary Clinton. Biden overtook Trump in the early morning hours when the Milwaukee reported its roughly 170,000 absentee votes, which were overwhelmingly...WW…

Milwaukee Journal SentinelAs he prepares to complete his Senate investigation into Joe Biden and the Ukraine, Wisconsin Republican Ron Johnson is making no secret of how he wants his report to be seen by voters in the 2020 election.“What our investigations are uncovering, I think, will reveal that this is not somebody that we should be electing president of the United States,” Johnson said of Biden, the Democrat who’s leading President Donald Trump in the polls.“I just don’t think Joe Biden ever should have run for president,” Johnson said in the same interview...…Milwaukee Journal SentinelAs he prepares to complete his Senate investigation into Joe Biden and the Ukraine, Wisconsin Republican Ron Johnson is making no secret of how he wants his report to be seen by voters in the 2020 election.“What our investigations are uncovering, I think, will reveal that this is not somebody that we should be electing president of the United States,” Johnson said of Biden, the Democrat who’s leading President Donald Trump in the polls.“I just don’t think Joe Biden ever should have run for president,” Johnson said in the same interview...WW…

Milwaukee Journal SentinelWASHINGTON – Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson’s comments this week about the coronavirus crisis brought a rebuke Friday from one of the government’s leading health experts, Anthony Fauci, the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.At Friday’s regular White House briefing on coronavirus, a reporter asked President Donald Trump to respond to Johnson’s widely publicized remarks that, “We don’t shut down our economy because tens of thousands of people die on the highways” and that no more than 3.4% of those infected will die. The Republican...…Milwaukee Journal SentinelWASHINGTON – Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson’s comments this week about the coronavirus crisis brought a rebuke Friday from one of the government’s leading health experts, Anthony Fauci, the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.At Friday’s regular White House briefing on coronavirus, a reporter asked President Donald Trump to respond to Johnson’s widely publicized remarks that, “We don’t shut down our economy because tens of thousands of people die on the highways” and that no more than 3.4% of those infected will die. The Republican...WW…