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Laura Olson

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Laura covers the nation's capital as a senior reporter for States Newsroom, a network of nonprofit outlets that includes Wisconsin Examiner. Her areas of coverage include politics and policy, lobbying, elections, and campaign finance.
US Capitol pictured at dusk
COVID-19

Washington at a standstill, as states face the loss of federal...

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U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. | Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead via Flickr Public Domain
COVID-19

Seven members of Congress test positive for COVID-19 in one week,...

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The U.S. Capitol. Credit: Samuel Corum/Getty Images
Politics & Government

Newly elected members of the U.S. House converge on Washington

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Joe Biden wearing a mask with his hand on it in Michigan
Health Care

Biden wants mask mandates nationwide: ‘We can save tens of thousands...

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Health Care

The Supreme Court could strike down Obamacare. Here’s what’s at stake.

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Election 2020

AP: Joe Biden is president-elect of the United States AP called...

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Right-wing protesters gather outside the Maricopa County Elections Department on Nov. 4, 2020, demanding that all ballots for Donald Trump be counted. Inside the building, election workers were busy counting hundreds of thousands of ballots. Photo by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy | Arizona Mirror
Battle for the Ballot

Battleground states count mail ballots, with Biden just shy of votes...

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U.S. Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (3rd R) speaks to members of the media as (L-R) Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY), Sen. John Thune (R-SD), President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO), Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) and Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) listen at the U.S. Capitol after the weekly Republican Senate policy luncheon January 9, 2019 |Alex Wong, Getty Images
Election 2020

Struggle for control of the U.S. Senate enters its final tense...

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A Covid-19 vaccine vial and a syringe (Getty Images)
COVID-19

States struggle to draft COVID-19 vaccine plans while in the dark...

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WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 26: U.S. President Donald Trump (L) introduces 7th U.S. Circuit Court Judge Amy Coney Barrett as his nominee to the Supreme Court in the Rose Garden at the White House September 26, 2020 in Washington, DC. With 38 days until the election, Trump tapped Barrett to be his third Supreme Court nominee in just four years and to replace the late Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery on Tuesday. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Politics & Government

Barrett nomination advances to the U.S. Senate floor with a GOP-only...

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