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Reporter covering state and local politics. Bylines in In These Times.
Legislation restricting transgender people's access to health care, school sports, and bathrooms has surged in Republican-controlled states, backed by major anti-LGBTQ groups.
By Nick Vachon - May 25, 2023
Extreme risk protection laws, which allow judges to confiscate weapons when they think owners could pose a danger to themselves or others, can be effective at preventing gun deaths.
By Nick Vachon - May 05, 2023
‘When it comes to in-state renewable energy generation, I’ve never been more optimistic,’ said Nick Hylla, executive director of the Midwest Renewable Energy Association.
By Nick Vachon - April 06, 2023
The court will have the final say in cases that could determine the 2024 election rules and the fate of the state’s 1849 abortion ban.
By Nick Vachon - April 05, 2023
The conservative candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court called government aid to single women a ‘husband-substitute program’ in a post on the website Hang Together
By Nick Vachon - April 04, 2023
Janet Protasiewicz and Daniel Kelly fought over their records on decisive issues that the court could rule on in the coming years, such as abortion and redistricting.
By Nick Vachon - March 23, 2023
The director of Common Cause Wisconsin, a government reform advocacy organization, says that the April Supreme Court election carries massive implications for democracy in the state and nationally.
By Nick Vachon - March 08, 2023
The national group is the latest reproductive rights organization to throw its support behind the liberal candidate in this year’s high-profile election.
By Nick Vachon - March 07, 2023
The conservative jurist has ties to anti-abortion groups and a long record of anti-abortion views.
By Nick Vachon - March 03, 2023
The departments of Justice and of Homeland Security have both identified white supremacist extremism as the leading domestic terrorism threat to the United States.
By Nick Vachon - February 27, 2023
The Biden administration has already provisioned $85 million for the region, which has been devastated by a series of earthquakes this month.
By Nick Vachon - February 24, 2023
At least six of the 100 law enforcement officers who endorsed Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron in December have been accused of wrongdoing, including sexual harassment, retaliation, and jail deaths.
By Nick Vachon - February 13, 2023
The circuit court judge rose to national fame during the trial of the Waukesha Parade attack perpetrator, becoming a subject of viral TikTok content and a recipient of fan mail from around the world.
By Nick Vachon - February 07, 2023
The race will determine whether Wisconsin’s highest court has a liberal or a conservative majority, and could decide the fate of abortion and election law in the state.
By Nick Vachon - January 23, 2023
Potential 2024 presidential candidate Ron DeSantis has attracted interest from anti-LGBTQ and anti-vaccine activists, among other conservative Republicans.
By Nick Vachon - January 18, 2023
Of the 231 corporations who pledged to halt or reexamine their political contributions in the wake of the insurrection, more than two-thirds have resumed their financial support for congressional election deniers.
By Nick Vachon - January 11, 2023
The race could determine whether liberals or conservatives have the majority on the court, which has implications for a slew of contentious issues and the 2024 presidential election.
By Nick Vachon - January 06, 2023
The president has centered fusion, along with already viable clean energy sources such as wind and solar power, in his plan to get the United States to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
By Nick Vachon - December 14, 2022
The House Ethics Committee found that the outgoing North Carolina Congressman improperly benefited by purchasing ‘Lets Go Brandon’ cryptocurrency at a lower price than the average value.
By Nick Vachon - December 07, 2022
Extremist factions within the Republican Party could wield disproportionate power in the 118th Congress. Expect internal discord, investigations, and Marjorie Taylor Greene.
By Nick Vachon - November 23, 2022
Democrat Summer Lee beat Republican Mike Doyle to represent Pennsylvania’s 12th Congressional District.
By Nick Vachon - November 10, 2022
As a state senator, the GOP nominee for governor has consistently supported legislation that would roll back rights for LGBTQ people in the Keystone State.
By Nick Vachon - November 08, 2022
The Republican nominee for Wisconsin governor’s company has taken in hundreds of millions of dollars in state road contracts.
By Nick Vachon - November 03, 2022
His opponent, Republican election denier Jim Marchant, says he would work to make Trump president again in 2024.
By Nick Vachon - October 24, 2022
Former Philadelphia City Councilmember Al Taubenberger maintained a 15-year-long alliance with a politician accused of sexual misconduct, which Taubenberger dismissed as ‘puppy love.’
By Nick Vachon - October 13, 2022
A month out from Election Day, the Republican nominee for governor of Pennsylvania is struggling to compete with his Democratic opponent, Attorney General Josh Shapiro.
By Nick Vachon - October 07, 2022
Republican candidates have scrubbed their websites of hardline anti-abortion rhetoric and changed their stances on exceptions ahead of the general election.
By Nick Vachon - October 06, 2022
‘Students will not stand to become politicized and will not stand to become part of the governor’s agenda or his next campaign,’ one organizer said.
By Nick Vachon - September 28, 2022
The Republican nominee for governor has previously said he supports banning abortion ‘at conception’ with no exceptions.
By Nick Vachon - September 22, 2022
‘This is pretty much what we expect from Ron Johnson,’ said Wendell J. Harris of the Wisconsin NAACP. ‘He’s made it clear that racism is one of his main tactics.’
By Nick Vachon - September 16, 2022
