Today's Midday podcast covers A federal judge refusing to issue an injunction preventing five Wisconsin cities from using private grants to help put on next month's election. 

Today's Midday podcast covers Wisconsin eclipsing the 1 million mark for absentee ballots, while more than 75,500 people took advantage of the first day of early, in-person voting.

Today's Midday podcast covers the state of COVID-19 in Wisconsin and a Barron County judge denying a request for a temporary injunction preventing enforcement of an Evers administration order limiting capacity on indoor gatherings.

Today's Midday podcast covers Outagamie and Calumet counties seeking guidance from the state Elections Commission after a technical misprint could prevent some 5,500 ballots “and likely many more” from being counted by tabulating machines.

Today's Midday podcast covers U.S. Rep. Ron Kind outspending opponent Derrick Van Orden by nearly a 3-to-1 margin over the last three months. Stephanie Hoff and Pat Poblete also discuss U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin's status as the top fundraiser in the third quarter of 2020 among both the Wisconsin congressional delegation and candidates seeking a House seat.

Today's Midday podcast covers Gov. Tony Evers ripping the Legislature for its inaction on battling COVID-19 as he asks the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate a lower court ruling extending the deadline for absentee ballots. 

Today's Midday podcast covers a Sawyer County judge issuing a temporary restraining order blocking the Evers administration's order limiting public indoor gatherings to 25 percent of a room's capacity. 

Today's Midday podcast features coverage of the Joint Committee on Review of Administrative Rules voting along party lines to require Gov. Tony Evers to submit his emergency capacity limit order as a rule, kicking off a process lawmakers can use to suspend the order.

Today's Midday podcast covers a St. Croix County judge rejecting a request for a temporary restraining order preventing enforcement of Gov. Tony Evers' statewide mask mandate.

Today's Midday podcast covers Wisconsin voters again facing an Election Day deadline to return their absentee ballots after a split federal appeals court today put on hold a ruling that had extended it by six days.