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A Tennessee state representative is proposing a bill protecting individuals acquitted of murder.  It’s called “Kyle’s Law” and it would reimburse those charged with murder legal fees and lost wages if courts find they acted in self-defense and are acquitted of charges.  The proposed legislation is named after Kyle Rittenhouse, the Wisconsin teenager acquitted of murdering two Kenosha protestors.  Not everyone is on board though, Representative John Ray Clemmons has called the bill “offensive” and a political ploy. Meanwhile, Kyle Rittenhouse filed

Wisconsin is approaching its pre-pandemic unemployment numbers.  The state’s Department of Workforce Development yesterday said the unemployment rate for December fell to two-point-eight percent. Private sector companies added just over five thousand jobs last month, most of those in manufacturing.  There are questions though as to just how many people who were unemployed have found new jobs, and how many have stopped looking.

They are hiring at the Post Office in Eau Claire.  The Post Office says it is looking to fill as many as 30 jobs.  They include mail handlers and carrier’s assistants.  The push to hire in Eau Claire is part of a push to find new postal workers across the state.  The Post Office says it’s looking to fill 400 jobs across Wisconsin.  There was a job fair in Eau Claire yesterday.  There will be another Post Office job fair in

There’s an appeal in Wisconsin’s ballot drop box case.  The state’s Elections Commission yesterday asked a court to freeze the ruling from a Waukesha County judge that said ballot drop boxes are not allowed under Wisconsin’s election laws.  The Elections Commission wants ballot drop boxes to be allowed for at least next month’s primary election.  Disability groups in the state are also joining-in on the appeal.  The Waukesha judge said Wisconsin law is clear, people can only vote at the polls or by sending

Republicans in the Wisconsin Assembly are on the record as wanting to lower the concealed carry age in the state.  State representatives yesterday approved a plan that would allow people as young as 18-years-old to carry a concealed pistol.  Currently you have to be 21 to get a concealed carry license.  Supporters say 18-year-olds can vote and be sent off to war, there’s no reason they can’t be trusted with a pistol.  Democrats fear the change will lead to more guns on

There is a lot of talk at the Wisconsin Capitol about state Rep. Timothy Ramthun’s assistant.  Assembly Speaker Robin Vos this week reassigned Ramthun’s staff member as punishment for comments that Ramthun made.  Ramthun is one of the state’s most vocal critics of the 2020 election, he earlier filed a resolution to take-back the state’s electoral votes for President Biden.  Ramthun accused Vos of signing a deal with Hillary Clinton’s lawyers to allow for ballot drop boxes in the state.  That never

There’s another Democrat running for Congress in western Wisconsin.  Doctor Mark Neumann, a retired pediatrician, jumped into the race yesterday.  Neumann says he wants to focus on healthcare, the environment, security and justice.  He is the fifth Democratic candidate to join the race to replace Ron Kind.  There is just one Republican, former Navy SEAL Derrick Van Orden.

Chandler Halderson will not testify in his murder trial.  Halderson announced his decision not to testify this morning.  Both the prosecution and defense are expected to rest their cases today and the trial should wrap up tomorrow.  Halderson’s accused of killing his parents Bart and Krista Halderson last year and burying their bodies in separate places in southern Wisconsin.

An investigation’s underway after two people are found dead in eastern Wisconsin.  Police say the bodies were found Wednesday morning at a home in Chilton, just east of  Lake Winnebago.  Police haven’t released the victims’ causes of death but they say there’s no threat to the public.

Vice President Kamala Harris is coming to Wisconsin next week.  Harris plans to visit Milwaukee Monday with Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan.  Harris hasn’t said exactly where she will be.