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WASHINGTON  AP  鈥?Republicans eagerly elected Rep. Mike Johnson as House speaker Wednesday, elevating a deeply conservative but lesser-known leader to the seat of U.S. power and ending for now the political chaos in their majority.Wisconsin s five present Republican members of the House all voted in favor of selecting Rep. Mike Johnson for the speakership. Rep. Derrick Van Orden is in Israel and missed the vote.Johnson of Louisiana swept on the first ballot with support from all Republicans anxious to put the past weeks of tumult behind and get on with the business of governing.A lower-ranked member of the House GOP leadership team, Johnson emerged as the fourth Rep stanley thermos mug ublican nominee in what has become an almost absurd cycle of political infighting since Kevin McCarthy s ouster as GOP factions jockey for power. While not the party s top choice for the gavel, the deeply religious and even-keeled Johnson has few foes and an important GOP backer: Donald Trump. I think hes gonna be a fa stanley mugs ntastic speaker,  Trump said Wedn stanley cup becher esday at the New York courthouse where the former president, who is now the Republican front-runner for president in 2024, is on trial over a lawsuit alleging business fraud.Trump said he hadn t heard  one negative comment about him. Everybody likes him. Three weeks on without a House speaker, the Republicans have been wasting their majority status 鈥?a maddening embarrassment to some, democracy in action to others, but not at all how the House is expected to function.F Iuly US women  s volleyball team advances to semifinal with straight-set win against Poland
$ g8 l+ `6 ?/ r. }( c9 c MILWAUKEE 鈥?A majority of restaurants across the country say business is heading in the wron stanley quencher g direction. The Wisconsin Restaurant Association says people need to find ways to support their local businesses if they want their favorite dining spots to stay open.One Milwaukee restaurant, Don s TV Repair, has changed what it does an stanley website d sells three times in the three years it has been open, just to survive.                        TMJ4                Don s Diner became Don s Grocery and Liquor in 2020 during the start of the pandemic.     We spent one year of normalcy as Dons Diner and Cocktails, then COVID-19 hit and everything changed from there. We pivoted immediately to Dons Grocery and Liquor,  said Taylor Gillen, general manager of Dons TV Repair.  Almost a year later, we pivoted slightly to Dons TV Repair, which is a speakeasy. Gillen says even though Dons is doing relatively well, the pandemic continues to throw them curve balls, like staffing shortages and supply chain issues. It s definitely different day to day, everyday brings a new struggle,  she s vaso stanley ays.                        Scripps National        A survey by the National Restaurant Association says 76 percent of restaurants are doing worse now than they were three months ago. On social media, neighborhood pages are filled with posts from area businesses announcing closures or reduced hours. Some places cant fill shifts. Others cant justify staying open without an increase in customers. The Wisconsin Restaurant Associat