Today's Midday podcast covers a quick update on the rise of the omicron variant as the holiday season prompts travel. We also cover Assembly Dems' leadership updates as Minority Leader Gordon Hintz announces he will step down from his leadership role in January.

Today's Midday podcast covers the rise in COVID-19 cases across Wisconsin filling hospital beds and ICUs. Gov. Tony Evers is requesting help from the federal government to deal with the worsening situation as many Wisconsinites refuse to get vaccinated.

Today's Midday podcast covers the latest Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling on how the state's next legislative and congressional maps should be drawn. Justices ruled in favor of the Republican-backed least changes approach to drawing new district boundaries. They also ruled new maps will not take partisan makeup...