Dec 31 Wisconsin hospital worker arrested for spoiled vaccine doses By Todd Richmond, Associated Press Authorities arrested a suburban Milwaukee pharmacist Thursday suspected of deliberately ruining hundreds of doses of coronavirus vaccine by removing it from refrigeration for two nights. Continue reading
Dec 29 Trump asks U.S. Supreme Court to take Wisconsin case By Associated Press The campaign had asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to disqualify more than 221,000 ballots in Dane and Milwaukee counties, the state's two most heavily Democratic counties. Continue reading
Dec 14 Wisconsin Supreme Court rejects Trump election lawsuit By Associated Press The president sought to have more than 221,000 ballots disqualified in Dane and Milwaukee counties, the state's two most heavily Democratic counties. Continue reading
Dec 03 Watch 4:28 News Wrap: New unemployment numbers underscore the pandemic’s economic damage In our news wrap Thursday, another 712,00 people filed for jobless benefits last week, tripling the average total from before the pandemic. And momentum is building for a new economic relief measure in Washington as COVID-19 numbers continue to surge… Continue watching
Dec 02 Wisconsin governor calls Trump lawsuit an ‘assault’ By Scott Bauer, Associated Press Attorneys for Wisconsin's governor are calling President Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the state's election results an “assault on democracy.”… Continue reading
Dec 01 Trump files lawsuit challenging Wisconsin election results By Scott Bauer, Associated Press President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit Tuesday in Wisconsin seeking to disqualify more than 221,000 ballots in the state's two most Democratic counties, a longshot attempt to overturn Joe Biden's win in the battleground state he lost by nearly 20,700… Continue reading
Nov 30 Wisconsin confirms Joe Biden as winner following recount By Scott Bauer, Associated Press Trump on Saturday promised to file a lawsuit seeking to overturn the results of the election by disqualifying tens of thousands of ballots. He alleges without evidence that there was widespread fraud and illegal activity. Continue reading
Nov 29 Completed Wisconsin recount confirms Biden’s win over Trump By Associated Press Wisconsin has finished a recount of its presidential results, confirming Democrat Joe Biden’s victory over President Donald Trump in the key battleground state. Trump vowed to challenge the outcome in court even before the recount concluded on Sunday. Continue reading
Nov 24 Republicans sue to stop Wisconsin vote certification By Scott Bauer, Associated Press The lawsuit filed Tuesday echoes many of the same arguments Trump is making in trying, unsuccessfully, to have tens of thousands of ballots discounted during the recount. Continue reading
Nov 24 Watch 5:50 Wisconsin hospitals face critical staffing shortages during COVID-19 surge Wisconsin is in the midst of a month-long surge of cases that is hitting rural areas of the state particularly hard. And about 70 percent of Wisconsin's hospitals will face a dearth of medical professionals by the end of this… Continue watching