Yearly Archives: 2020
Trump, Biden each win early states they were expected to; no battlegrounds called yet
(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump won three early states he was expected to win – Indiana, Kentucky and West Virginia – while...
Trump wins Indiana, Kentucky; Biden takes Vermont as count underway
(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump won Indiana and Kentucky and Joe Biden too Vermont as polls are now closed in six more...
The counting begins: Polls close in much of Indiana, Kentucky
(The Center Square) – Polls are now closed in much of Indiana and Kentucky, as the long night of counting begins to determine whether...
Biden, Trump campaigns prepare for litigation over potential election outcome
(The Center Square) – The campaigns for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and Republican President Donald Trump have suggested that the outcome of today’s...
Illinois’ ‘fair tax’ could be boon for Wisconsin
(The Center Square) – One of the most watched votes on Election Day in Wisconsin is not on the ballot in the state.
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Milwaukee Republican Candidates Seek Votes, Conversation in Local Barbershop
The Much Better Barbershop at 6119 West Capitol Drive was buzzing with political conversation one recent day in Milwaukee. A few days before the...
Some isolated reports of voting issues as polls across the country are open
(The Center Square) – Voting seemed to be going relatively smoothly across the country Tuesday, though election officials in some states reported glitches and...
Illinois’ ‘fair tax’ could be boom for Wisconsin
(The Center Square) – One of the most watched votes on Election Day in Wisconsin is not on the ballot in the state.
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Trump has appointed second-most federal judges through November 1 of a president’s fourth year
President Donald Trump has appointed and the Senate has confirmed 220 Article III federal judges through Nov. 1, 2020, his fourth year in office....
Trump Could Win Today. Here’s Why
Election day is here. We at Wisconsin Right Now have spent endless hours pouring over polls, researching, interviewing and analyzing poll data. We are,...
Nearly 100 million Americans voted early; Hawaii, Texas already exceed 2016 turnout
(The Center Square) – Roughly 100 million early votes already were cast before the first polls opened Tuesday morning, Michael McDonald, professor at the...
Trump or Biden? American voters decide today, even if outcome isn’t known right away
(The Center Square) – It's Decision Day in the U.S. as millions of voters head to the polls to cast their ballot for president.
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Analysts: A Biden win could cause an oil glut, threaten Middle East peace efforts
(The Center Square) – Oilprice.com, a primary source for oil and energy news, warns that a Joe Biden presidency would cause a “huge new...
College Board to sever financial ties with China after Blackburn letter
(The Center Square) – College Board, the entity responsible for developing SAT and AP tests, will sever financial ties with the Chinese Confucius Institute...
WOW counties, BOW counties areas to watch on Election Day in Wisconsin
(The Center Square) – Just six counties could determine who wins the state of Wisconsin.
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Court document shows Joe Biden listed as possible witness with son in fraud case
A federal judge named Joe Biden as a possible “witness” along with his son Hunter in a criminal fraud case last year that ended...
What the numbers tell us about Election Day
(The Center Square) – With one day to go before the 2020 election, a recent survey and a new study from WalletHub provide some...
Biden Milwaukee ‘Rally’ Is Vision for America: 12 People in Bubbles
Let's contrast.It was the president's fourth Wisconsin rally in the last two weeks. He was in West Salem on Tuesday, Waukesha on Oct. 24...
Freelancers, gig workers express fear that a Biden presidency will put them out of work
(The Center Square) – Millions of freelance workers in the U.S. are worried that a Biden presidency might put them out of business because...
Average one-way commute time for Wisconsin residents reaches 22 minutes
Wisconsin residents spend an average of 22 minutes commuting to work, the 12th shortest commute among the states that Coverage.com studied in an analysis...
Oconomowoc Kids Wave Trump Flag at Passing Cars [VIDEO]
We ran across these cute kids while on a walk on Oct. 31 in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. Check it out! They said they were trying...
I-43 Shooting Leaves Cedarburg Man Dead on the Side of the Road
An I-43 shooting is rattling people in Ozaukee County. A 41-year-old Cedarburg, Wisconsin, man was shot and killed on the side of I-43 and...
Value of dollar in Wisconsin amounts to $1.09 based on regional price parity
The purchasing power of a dollar in Wisconsin is $1.09 based on the regional cost of items such as housing, groceries and services in...
Biden joins former boss Obama for Flint drive-in campaign stop
(The Center Square) – Former President Barack Obama and Joe Biden, who served as his vice president from 2009 to January 2017, reunited for...
Is Walmart an opioid villain?
As the opioid crisis ravaged communities across the United States two years ago, Joe Brown, then U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas,...
SCOTUS to hear arguments in five cases in first week of November
On Nov. 2, 2020, the Supreme Court of the United States will begin its November sitting. All arguments during its November and December sittings...
More than 250,000 miss deadline for mailing Wisconsin absentee ballots
(The Center Square) – Of the nearly 2 million people who’ve asked for an absentee ballot in Wisconsin, some 250,000 people have yet to...
Evers Let Neenah COVID-19 Testing Kits Sit Unused for 8 Days, Records Show
Gov. Tony Evers' administration let federal supplies (including testing kits) for a major COVID-19 surge testing center sit unused for more than a week...
Wisconsin DOC to Virtually Supervise Parolees & Probationers
The Wisconsin Department of Corrections will supervise parolees and probationers only virtually, using Zoom, Duo or FaceTime, according to an email obtained by Wisconsin...
Wisconsin Veteran Handcuffed in Johnson Creek Menard’s Mask Dispute [VIDEO]
Police handcuffed a Wisconsin veteran, saying he was resisting, after confronting him for not wearing a mask in a Johnson Creek Menards store. The...