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Wisconsin lawmakers will come back to the Capitol in two weeks, but they will do nothing to change the state’s abortion laws. Governor Evers yesterday ordered a special session for June 22nd in hopes that lawmakers will vote to make abortions legal in the state. Wisconsin is one the states where abortion will be come illegal if Roe v. Wade is overturned. We will show you different sides so you can decide. The reaction falls pretty much along party lines with Democratic lawmakers

The court battle over Wisconsin’s investigation into the 2020 election is taking a new turn. A Dane County judge yesterday ordered former Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman to testify at a hearing for an open records request from his office. An outside group has asked for all manner of emails and communications from Gableman’s special prosecutor’s office, but he refused to turn them over. The judge wants Gableman to answer questions in-person about that at a hearing tomorrow.

Wisconsin lawmakers are promising some changes at the state’s insurance commissioner’s office after an audit found nearly 61 million-dollars in accounting mistakes in the state’s medical malpractice fund. A new audit released this week says the mistakes misstated the finances for the Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund. The fund is designed to pay for people injured or killed during medical malpractice cases. The insurance commissioner’s office says the mistake was a simple transcription error, but auditors say the problems are

Wisconsin hasn’t reported a new bird flu case in nearly three weeks. The state’s Department of Agriculture last reported a confirmed case of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza on May 20th in a flock of backyard chickens in Bayfield County. Since then, there’s been nothing. Overall, Wisconsin has confirmed bird flu cases in commercial or backyard flocks in 14 counties. Nearly three million birds in the state have been put down because of the flu.

Governor Tony Evers is calling a special session of the Wisconsin Legislature this month.  Evers says the goal of the special session will be to repeal Wisconsin’s criminal abortion ban.  The session convenes on June 22nd.

A man’s arrested in La Crosse after police say they found over one-million dollars worth of drugs and guns.  Police say Jade Deeny was arrested Monday after they searched a house on Powell Street and Deeny’s car.  Police say they found over 135 pounds of counterfeit Xanax and several other drugs including fentanyl, meth pills, cocaine, and THC candies.  Deeny’s facing several drug and gun charges.

The Wisconsin Elections Commission has a new member.  Today Wisconsin House Speaker Robin Vos appointed Republican attorney Don Millis of Sun Prairie to the commission.  Millis previously served on the Wisconsin Tax Appeals Commission under Governor Tommy Thompson and on the Elections Commission for former House Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald.

The Brewers say a new ‘Beer District’ entertainment area near American Family Field is worth talking about. A Milwaukee County supervisor and a local developer want to turn some of the parking lots at the ballpark into a Deer District-like area for the Brewers. The team’s president of baseball operations Rick Schlesinger yesterday said he’s open to talking about the plans. But, he says nothing is final. The Brewers are waiting for a study that will tell them just how

Milwaukee’s violent summer is continuing. Police say three people were wounded and one person was killed in four separate shootings yesterday. The violence started about 1 a.m. and continued until about 8:45 p.m. The only arrest came in a shooting that followed an accident yesterday afternoon.

The man accused of gunning-down a former central Wisconsin judge has died. Authorities yesterday said 56-year-old Doug Uhde was taken off life support. Uhde was kept on life support until his organs could be harvested. Police say he shot himself after shooting and killing former Juneau County Judge John Roemer in his own home last Friday. The Wisconsin Department of Justice has not offered a specific motive for the killing, but court records show that Judge Roemer sent Uhde to prison for six years