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QUOTE OF THE DAY
“The 2020 election has been litigated and relitigated and relitigated over and over again, and nothing has changed”

– Former Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, speaking at an election defense event in La Crosse

The Trump Administration’s investigation into the administration of the 2020 presidential election — which Trump lost — has reached Wisconsin. Current and former election officials in the state have confirmed that they’ve been contacted or interviewed by the FBI. Alexander Shur of Votebeat outlines what to know about the investigation and what might come next.

U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany was ramping up his campaign this week after earning his party’s nomination for governor at the Wisconsin GOP convention last weekend. But the FBI investigation has brought renewed attention to his election denial in the days, weeks and years since Trump lost in 2020. Henry Redman reports on Tiffany’s latest comments and how bipartisan groups are still working to combat election misinformation in the state.

In response to recent efforts from Republican-controlled southern states to draw majority Black districts out of their political maps, the Congressional Black Caucus and NAACP urged college athletes to refuse to play for SEC schools located in those states. Shauneen Miranda of our D.C. bureau reports on how it fits into an ongoing college sports debate — though it’s unclear what this could mean for Badger recruitment efforts.

States across the country are debating if members of the clergy should be required by law to report if they become aware of child abuse. Robbie Sequeira of Stateline reports on the debate and how it comes in conflict with centuries of church law on confession.

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