Today's Midday podcast features coverage of President Trump's rally in western Wisconsin as well as polls from the Washington Post and Marquette University Law School.

Today's Midday podcast covers a divided U.S. Supreme Court declining to extend the deadline for Wisconsin's absentee ballots, keeping in place a requirement that they be returned to local clerks by 8 p.m. on Election Day.

Today's Midday podcast covers Joe Biden increasing his lead over President Trump in the latest survey from the Elections Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 

Today's Midday podcast previews a  WisPolitics.com analysis of advertising spending and independent expenditures that finds Dem candidates hold a spending edge in all but four of the 20 of the most competitive legislative races across the state. 

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.