Law firm knee deep in state's many hot-button issues: As a result, the most influential three names in state politics, outside of Walker, Fitzgerald and Fitzgerald, just might be Michael Best & Friedrich.

MetroWeekly: Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) announced today on Facebook that her campaign for U.S. Senate raised more than $1 million in the last three months of 2011.

Chicago Tribune: Organizers of a drive to recall Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker said they have far more signatures than they need to file on Tuesday to force the controversial Republican to defend his seat in a special election barely a year into his first term.

Ashland Current: Ashland city councilors voted Tuesday night to end the practice of starting meetings with prayer, according to an audio recording posted on the City of Ashland's website. The 9-2 vote . . .

News from The Associated Press: Sonja O'Brien heard from the hecklers as she collected signatures in a final push to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.

WI State Journal: Embattled Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman has been hit with another ethics complaint — this time from the group that defended Milwaukee's mandatory sick leave ordinance.

JSOnline: The Wisconsin Democracy Campaign filed a second ethics complaint Wednesday against Justice Michael Gableman. This complaint, charging that the justice had received free legal services . . .

Green Bay Press Gazette: Four Muslim students at Keller Elementary School in Green Bay quietly slip out of class or recess each day at about noon to pray in a tiny alcove of the school. For five to 10 minutes, the group of girls is not distracted by students who walk nearby.

Greendale.Patch.com: The ACLU of Wisconsin is investigating the Greendale School District for violation of religious liberty rights after a Hindu song was removed from the elementary winter concerts because a parent complained about religions mentions.

JSOnline: Women could not receive drugs that induce abortions unless a doctor gives them a physical exam and is in the same room when they receive the drugs, under a bill before a Senate committee Tuesday.

Chicago Tribune: The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a federal lawsuit arguing that Wisconsin's new voter identification law is unconstitutional.

A federal appeals court on Monday struck down a Wisconsin law that set limits on contributions to groups that independently spend on political speech.

WI State Journal: The conservative group Wisconsin Family Action set up the manger scene on Sunday, and its president Julaine Appling said they plan to display it through the end of the month. But the move angered the Madison-based Freedom from Religion Foundation,

JSOnline: A hearing is slated for Dec. 13 on a bill that would prevent women from receiving drugs that induce abortions unless a doctor gives them a physical exam and is in the same room when they receive the drugs.

LifeNews.com: It is happening all over the country and has now hit Wisconsin — attacks on pro-life Pregnancy Help Centers. These agencies exist for a sole purpose — to help a pregnant woman sort through her problems and to present alternatives to abortion. In Wisconsin, thousands of women are assisted each year.

News from The Associated Press: The toughest opponent Tommy Thompson may have to overcome in next year's U.S. Senate race is Tommy Thompson himself.

Wisconsin State Journal: First it was the ACLU, then the unions. Now the Madison-based Freedom from Religion Foundation is joining the list of organizations speaking out against Madison Preparatory Academy.

La Crosse Tribune: Wisconsin abortion foes are cheering the introduction of legislation that would amend the state constitution to extend personhood to the moment an egg is fertilized, although the state's two largest anti-abortion groups are at odds over the approach.

JSOnline: The senators: Pam Galloway of Wausau, Terry Moulton of Chippewa Falls, Van Wanggaard of Racine and Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald of Juneau.

Ashland Current: In the Ashland Current poll conducted on Facebook, 48 percent of readers said praying should be used to open Ashland City Council meetings, while 52 percent of readers said praying should not be used to open Ashland City Council meetings.