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Devin LeMahieu

Elections, Local, Politics, State Legislature

GOP-led Wisconsin Senate votes to fire official targeted by 2020 election skeptics

Protesters make their way to the Wisconsin Capitol Rotunda during a march supporting overturning Wisconsin's near total ban on abortion on Jan. 22, 2023, in Madison, Wis.

Local, Politics, Repro Rights

Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin announces it will resume abortion care

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., speaks to his supporters in the early morning hours at an election night party in Neenah, Wis., on Nov. 9, 2022.

Economy, Local, Politics, U.S. Senate

Ron Johnson ignores campaign promises with new legislation

Janet Protasiewicz is sworn as a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, in Madison, Wis. At right is Protasiewicz' husband Greg Sell.

Local, Politics, Voting Rights

Wisconsin Republicans threaten to impeach liberal justice over redistricting comments

President Joe Biden speaks during a stop at a solar manufacturing company that's part of his "Bidenomics" rollout on Thursday, July 6, 2023, in West Columbia, S.C.

Economy, Local, Politics

Kenosha factory will produce solar energy equipment with incentives from new Biden law

David McCormick, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, speaks during a campaign stop in Lititz, Pa., on May 13, 2022.

Elections, Local, National, Politics

Senate Republicans keep recruiting rich men from out of state

Vice President Kamala Harris walks to talk to reporters before boarding Air Force Two as she departs Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee, Tuesday, May 4, 2021.

Economy, Local, National, Politics

Vice President Harris announces Nokia investment in Wisconsin electronics facility

Janet Protasiewicz, left, is sworn as a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice by Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, in Madison, Wis. At center is Protasiewicz' husband Greg Sell.

Local, Politics

Wisconsin Supreme Court gains liberal majority as Justice Janet Protasiewicz is sworn in