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After Gov. Scott Walker unveiled the Wisconsin budget repair bill in February 2011, which sought to end collective bargaining for most public sector unions, thousands of protesters took to the streets of Madison in opposition. Protestors are seen here in front of the Wisconsin State Capitol on March 12, 2011, a day after the bill was passed. A recent poll found that over two-thirds of Democrats, Republicans and independents feel very or somewhat concerned about the current state of American democracy. Photo by Richard Hurd. (CC BY 2.0)
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Every ring in the chain represents someone who has died from COVID-19 in Wisconsin. The rings are inscribed with the names of the counties where people have died. Photo by Erik Gunn/Wisconsin Examiner.
For about an hour on Wednesday, a construction paper chain made up of nearly 5,000 interlaced rings red, green, yellow, white and blue bedecked the steps outside the state Capitol building.
Each ring bore the name of one of Wisconsin’s 72 counties. Each county had one ring for every one of its residents who died from COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic.
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About two hours into a joint legislative hearing Friday, state Rep. Mark Spreitzer, D-Beloit, said he had enough of the âshamâ gathering called by Republican lawmakers to investigate the Nov. 3 election.
âMaybe that will speed things up a bit,â joked Rep. Ron Tusler, R-Harrison, who oversaw the daylong hearing before two legislative elections committees.
The terse exchange was repeated several times until all five of the Democratic lawmakers walked or logged out of the hearing, which some had attended by video.
Fridayâs event at the Wisconsin State Capitol was the latest in a series of hearings held by Republican lawmakers in swing states aimed at challenging President-elect Joe Bidenâs win over President Donald Trump. A partial recount called by Trumpâs campaign in heavily Democratic Milwaukee and Dane counties affirmed Bidenâs 20,600-vote victory in Wis