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Wisconsin’s attorney general is signing-on to the national push to test child safety seats. A-G Josh Kaul yesterday said the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration should test child car seats against side crashes. Kaul says parents need to know just how safe their kids’ seats are in crashes. He says there’s been an unacceptable 20-year delay.

Governor Tony Evers wants to spend 130-million dollars of the state’s stimulus cash to help get people back to work. After weeks of defending Wisconsin’s extra unemployment payments, the governor yesterday said something must be done to get people back into the workforce. Most of the money is either going towards grants or subsidized jobs. Republicans at the Wisconsin Capitol say if the governor really wants to help get people back to work, he should end the enhanced federal unemployment benefits in the

The Asian carp is going away. The fish that Great Lakes states fear will remain a threat, but the fish’s name is changing. The Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee will pick a new name for the fish next month. Some Asian-American lawmakers say the current name is racist. Asian carp got their name from coming to the United States in the hulls of ships from China. Over the years, they have invaded the Mississippi River and other waterways. T he

Nudists and bikers rejoice as Milwaukee is getting a naked bike. Organizers yesterday said the city will host its first ever World Naked Bike Ride on September 11th. The bike ride is billed as a ‘peaceful protest’ and a push for ‘body acceptance.’ The ride’s John Jankowski says naked bike riding is against the law, but he’s in talks with Milwaukee Police about how to make the event happen safely. Jankowski had hoped for a nake ride last month, but

The Milwaukee Bucks are two wins away from becoming NBA champs. The Bucks tied the NBA Finals last night with a 109-103 win at Fiserv. Khris Middleton had 40 points, and Giannis had a monster block late in the fourth quarter to push the Bucks to victory. Game Five is Saturday night in Phoenix, and Game Six is back in Milwaukee next Tuesday.

Madison ranks 16th best in the nation on a new list of the best places to live in America. That’s Devin Thorsby, U.S. News and World Reports.  Green Bay is the only other Wisconsin city that made the list of the top 150, coming in 21st.

 Governor Tony Evers announces what he calls a groundbreaking investment in workforce solutions.  The governor visited Titletown Tech in Green Bay today and talked about the 130-million-dollar investment for three programs.  There is 100-million-dollars for a Workforce Innovation grant program looking for long-term answers to the employment challenges in the aftermath of COVID-19.  Twenty-million will go to a program to subsidize employment and skills training and ten-million dollars will be used for a worker connection program to provide career coaches

Ten digit phone numbers are expanding in Wisconsin.  Beginning in late October all Wisconsin residents will need to dial ten digit numbers to connect to local and long-distance calls.  That’s because the FCC approved a three digit dialing code of 9-8-8 for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.  Wisconsin residents in the 543 and 715 area codes already have the ten-digit requirement so the change will come for those customers with 262, 414, 608 and 920 area codes.

 Tickets are now on sale for Packers Family Night.  The 20th annual event is scheduled for Saturday, August 7th at Lambeau Field.  Tickets are ten dollars and can only be purchased online at Ticketmaster.  Officials say there will be a full practice and a game-like atmosphere at Lambeau Field where gates will open at 5:30 and the Packers will take the field just before 7:30.

Huntsinger Farms of Eau Claire will be hosting the 2021 Farm Technology Days show July 20th through July 22nd. Farm Technology Days bills itself as the largest agricultural show in Wisconsin. The organizers anticipate hosting 45,000 visitors during the show’s 3-day run. The show opens at 9:00 A.M. each day and runs until 4:00 P.M. Most of the activity will take place at “tent city” located on Mitchell Road at State Highway 37. Additional activities will occur at the Huntsinger