Sen. Ron Johnson repaid himself $400,000 in old campaign loans days before saying he had 'no intentions of doing that'

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Sen. Ron Johnson, seen here at a recent press conference, says he won’t seek to recoup $8.4 million in personal loans from his campaign — even though he legally could.
Sen. Ron Johnson, seemed to indicated in May that he would not seek to recoup the old loans he'd made to his own campaign.

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2 Wisconsin Republicans want 14-year-olds to be allowed to serve alcohol in restaurants

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Patrons sit at a Wisconsin bar.
Patrons gather at Pop's Pub to watch the Green Bay Packers football game on November 6, 2022 in Muskego, Wisconsin.

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A huge win in Wisconsin shows Dems how fiercely defending abortion rights can kneecap the GOP in 2024

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A woman shouts into a megaphone at a protest for abortion rights
Abortion rights demonstrators in Washington, DC.

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A wide majority of Americans back abortion pills, including 71% of young women. The issue could destroy GOP election chances for a generation.

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Boxes of Mifepristone, an aboriton medication

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Walmart is closing a batch of stores in 2023 — here's the full list

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The Walmart logo is seen outside a Walmart store in Burbank, California on August 15, 2022
Walmart will close 19 stores in 11 states and Washington, DC.

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A Wisconsin town settled an election tie with a dice roll after also considering pulling names from a hat and drawing straws

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A pair of dice.
A pair of dice.

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A conservative candidate for Wisconsin's Supreme Court used his concession speech to trash the liberal competitor who beat him, saying she wasn't a 'worthy opponent'

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Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates Republican-backed Dan Kelly and Democratic-supported Janet Protasiewicz participate in a debate Tuesday, March 21, 2023, in Madison, Wis.

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Former House Speaker Paul Ryan says he won't attend the 2024 Republican National Convention if Trump is the party's presidential nominee: 'I'm not interested in participating in that'

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Former House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin.

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Trump campaign staff discussed plan to 'fan the flame' about election fraud despite privately admitting 2020 defeat to Biden, according to audio leak

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Residents wait in line to vote at a shuttered Sears store in the Janesville Mall on November 03, 2020 in Janesville, Wisconsin.
Residents wait in line to vote at a shuttered Sears store in the Janesville Mall on November 03, 2020 in Janesville, Wisconsin.

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A Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate and her husband want to open an indoor gun range to host weddings, 'high-end meetings' and 'easter egg hunts'

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Waukesha County Circuit Court Judge Jennifer Dorow is a candidate for the state's Supreme Court.
Waukesha County Circuit Court Judge Jennifer Dorow is a candidate for the state's Supreme Court.

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