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Editor’s note: This is the second part in our series on third-party candidates for the U.S. Presidential Election. Last week, we featured the American Solidarity Party, and this week’s article takes a look at the Libertarian Party.

Presidential candidate Jo Jorgensen wants to turn the United States “into a giant Switzerland.”

The blooms of bottle gentian remain closed to pollinators and the world. Some bumblebees are persistent enough, however, to pry open the petals and partially enter to obtain fragrant nectar before leaving for another flower.

Sen. Howard Marklein, R-Spring Green, said his office was once again vandalized at the Capitol.

Broken windows were among damage found around the Capitol and nearby businesses.

Voters in five of the state’s traditional Democratic counties were more likely to vote absentee than those in five key Republican counties in the Aug. 11 primary, according to a WisPolitics.com check of numbers available so far.

Late in July, President Donald Trump used his Twitter-powered megaphone to muse about postponing the Nov. 3 election, citing alleged — and widely debunked — concerns about mail-in voter fraud.

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation invites residents to sound off on what they want to see regarding train transportation and how they wish to be informed of the planning process.

Based on its own performance measures —  and the loss of hundreds of Wisconsin ballots on their way to voters this summer — the U.S. Postal Service has its work cut out for it before Election Day.

Consider this prairie plant puzzle: A circle of four evergreen conifers were planted with the yellow flowering prairie plant in the center as a fifth plant.

On Feb. 19, state Sen. Jeff Smith, an Eau Claire Democrat, stood from his chair in the Capitol chambers and begged his colleagues to pass his amendment.

One silver lining in the COVID-19 pandemic storm cloud that caused massive disruptions to the nation’s meat supply is the awareness it created about where our food comes from.