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Recent News About Wisconsin State Senate
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Barnes says 'we need to get dark money and corporate interests out of politics' despite receiving millions in dark-money support
Despite Mandela Barnes's campaigning on a pledge to crack down on undisclosed funding in politics, the Democratic Senate candidate in Wisconsin is reportedly getting a major monetary boost from a liberal dark-money network.
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'Employers are desperate': Larson, GOP at odds over Wisconsin unemployment benefits
Wisconsin Sen. Chris Larson is upset with his Republican colleagues for introducing bills he said will make unemployment benefits more difficult to obtain. Yet, Republicans say that’s the objective of their Stronger Workforce Initiative — to weed out those taking advantage of the benefits by refusing to work.
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Larson criticizes U.S. for handling of pandemic, praises Australia
State Sen. Chris Larson spoke out aggressively on Twitter in criticism of the U.S.'s handling of the coronavirus pandemic and specifically, the messaging of the GOP when it comes to the vaccine for the virus.