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Election officials Britt Bermingham, left, and Terry ?Perry count ballots as City of Milwaukee Election Commission workers were processing absentee ballots on the fourth floor of an office building at 501 W. Michigan Ave. in Milwaukee on Monday, April 13, 2020.(Mike DeSisti/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP)

Parties mine Wisconsin for clues to voting in the virus era

By SCOTT BAUER and NICHOLAS RICCARDI - Associated Press

Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent Wisconsin editorials

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

City of Milwaukee Election Commission workers process absentee ballots Tuesday, April 7, 2020 in downtown Milwaukee, Wis. Despite federal health recommendations, thousands of Wisconsin voters waited hours in long lines outside overcrowded polling stations on Tuesday so they could participate in a presidential primary election that tested the limits of electoral politics in the midst of a pandemic. (Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP)

Voters reject Trump’s pick in chaotic Wisconsin court race

By SCOTT BAUER and TODD RICHMOND - Associated Press

An election official cleans a voting booth before a person votes at Riverside High School, in Milwaukee on Tuesday, April 7, 2020. The Wisconsin primary is moving forward in the wake of the coronavirus epidemic after Gov. Tony Evers sought to shut down Tuesday's election in a historic move Monday that was swiftly rejected by the conservative majority of the Wisconsin Supreme Court by the end of the day. (Mike De Sisti/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP)

Wisconsin voters forced to choose between health, democracy

By Steve Peoples and Scott Bauer - Associated Press

In this April 7, 2020, photo, Erica Harris, right, and her daughter Jordan, wear their protective masks as they walk back home after getting a lunch and homework from the child’s school on Chicago’s Southside in Chicago. As the coronavirus tightened its grip across the country, it is cutting a particularly devastating swath through an already vulnerable population, black Americans. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Outcry over racial data grows as virus slams black Americans

By KAT STAFFORD and MEGHAN HOYER and AARON MORRISON - Associated Press

A City of Milwaukee Election Commission worker processes and sorts absentee ballots for Tuesday's primary election, Wednesday, April 8, 2020, in downtown Milwaukee, Wis. (Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP)

Wisconsin worried about spike in virus cases due to election

By SCOTT BAUER - Associated Press

Voters masked against coronavirus line up at Riverside High School for Wisconsin's primary election Tuesday April 7, 2020, in Milwaukee. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Black voters weighed history, health in Wisconsin election

By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and GRETCHEN EHLKE - Associated Press

Editorial Roundup: US

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Molly King, an election team member, tests an express voting machine at South Division High School in Milwaukee on Monday, April 6, 2020. Thousands of poll workers had said they wouldn't work, leading Milwaukee to reduce its planned number of polling sites from 180 to just five. More than 2,500 National Guard troops were dispatched to staff the polls. (Mike De Sisti/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP)

The Latest: Voters return 77% of absentee ballots in time

Associated Press

Hudson, Wis., city clerk Becky Eggen displays some of the health alert and social distancing signs Monday, April 6, 2020, that were to be used in Tuesday's election, postponed by the governor Monday afternoon. Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers on Monday moved to postpone the state's presidential primary for two months because of the coronavirus pandemic, prompting a court challenge and adding to confusion about whether voters will be able to head to the polls on Tuesday. (Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via AP)

Wisconsin voters wait for hours, others stay home amid virus

By SCOTT BAUER and STEVE PEOPLES - Associated Press

Perez promises as ‘robust a convention as possible’ for DNC

By SCOTT BAUER - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 26, 2016, file photo the stage is reflected on a glass window on the suite level at Wells Fargo Arena as Timmy Kelly sings the national anthem before the start of the second day session of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. The coronavirus pandemic is forcing Democrats and Republicans to take a close look at whether they'll be able to move forward as planned this summer with conventions that typically kick off the general election season. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Democrats delay nominating convention amid virus concerns

By BILL BARROW - Associated Press

The Latest: Evers: Wisconsin receives 2nd PPE shipment

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Biden endorses pair of Wisconsin school referendums

Associated Press

The onramp to the Hoan Bridge is void of traffic Tuesday March 24, 2020, in Milwaukee. Gov. Tony Evers issued an order Tuesday closing businesses deemed to be nonessential, ordered no gatherings of any size and placed restrictions on travel across Wisconsin for a month in an attempt to slow the spread of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Milwaukee’s black community hit hard by coronavirus

By SCOTT BAUER - Associated Press

Sunday Time Schedule

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Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James, tries to get past Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo during the second half of an NBA basketball game Friday, March 6, 2020, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

LeBrilliant: James’ 37 points lead Lakers past Bucks 113-103

By GREG BEACHAM - Associated Press

Friday’s Time Schedule

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Brewery shooting survivors fund exceeds $1,000,000

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Indiana Pacers' Justin Holiday drives past Milwaukee Bucks' Sterling Brown during the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, March 4, 2020, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

NBA-leading Bucks bounce back from loss to rout Pacers

By STEVE MEGARGEE - Associated Press