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One of Wisconsin’s most successful vaccination programs may be in the state’s prisons. The state’s Department of Corrections yesterday reported that nearly half of the state’s 19-thousand-plus inmates have gotten at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine. About 95-hundred inmates are either fully or partially vaccinated. DOC says there have been over 10-thousand coronavirus positives in the state’s prisons, but only 11 of those cases are considered ‘active.’

Wisconsin’s governor is closing-in on 200 pardons. Governor Evers yesterday issued 18 more pardons, mostly for drug crimes or thefts, bringing his total since he took office to 192. The governor says all of the people he pardoned yesterday have turned their lives around, and many of their crimes are now decades old.

 No one is sure just how much money public schools, the UW System, and road projects will see in the next state budget. The Republicans who control the state legislature will start to craft that budget today. Most of their first moves will be to cast aside the tax and spending increases that Governor Evers has proposed. Wisconsin’s budget is usually about 40-billion-dollars a year, and this year’s budget is expected to be the same. There are questions though about where

Republicans in Madison are not letting-up in their push to clarify the rules before the state’s next election. A Senate panel yesterday heard testimony about several election reform proposals that Republicans say will close the loopholes exploited during the November election. The plans deal with everything from absentee ballots, to vote counting, to how cities and counties can work without outside groups. The proposals are all likely doomed, though. Governor Evers has said for months that he won’t sign anything

Celebrate National Pet Week with Eau Claire Parks, Recreation and Forestry by attending the Strut Your Mutt event Thursday, May 6, 6:00-8:00pm at Hobbs Boat Landing and Chippewa Valley Bike Trail. Whether companion, confidant, or protector, our dogs are always there for us! National Pet Week celebrates this bond and encourages pet owner to be certain to provide their best friends with everything needed for a happy, healthy life. The Strut Your Mutt event is a coordinated effort between ECPRF

 New details are coming out about a man’s murder at Devil’s Lake State Park.  Sue Danielson reports.

Wisconsin health officials are reporting 639 new COVID-19 cases statewide today.  That boosts the total number of cases to just under 601-thousand.  There were 13 additional deaths confirmed to raise the death toll to more than 68-hundred-and-60.  The positivity rate statewide has edged up slightly to three-point-four-percent.  TO SEE MORE FROM WI DHS, CLICK HERE.

 The push is on to reduce residential speed limits in the city of Madison.  City leaders want to reduce the number of traffic deaths and say dropping the speed limit to 20 miles an hour would go a long way in doing that.  The proposal is called Twenty Is Plenty and cites Triple-A statistics, which show higher speeds increase the chances of death and serious injury in most crashes.

 The Wisconsin Department of Corrections is giving two memorial benches to the Anamosa State Prison.  The benches feature words honoring two workers who died in a prison attack.  A nurse and a corrections officer were killed during an escape attempt at the Anamosa prison in March.  The benches from the Wisconsin DOC were delivered this week.

 Shapermint, the fast-growing DTC intimates marketplace and creator of brands Empetua and truekind, announced via Chief Brand Officer, Siobhán Lonergan’s LinkedIn, the brand’s national search for its first-ever Chief Mom Officer. This Mother’s Day 2021, the company is searching to fill the new, salaried Chief Mom Officer position, and calling on all moms across the country to apply. Shapermint is accepting applications through their online job portal at Shapermint.com, and will onboard one lucky applicant following the Mother’s Day Weekend to carry out its mission of supporting