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Wisconsin lawmakers continue to want to fix the problems they saw with the 2020 election. Republicans in the Wisconsin Senate approved four election plans yesterday. One would allow the state supreme court to accept direct election lawsuits, another would require the Wisconsin Elections Commission to be more open, a third would regulate how outside nonprofits can spend money in the state, and the fourth would give extra protections to poll workers. It’s unclear if any of the plans will become

Leaders in Madison want more information about buses and traffic patterns before they consider a plan to close State Street on the weekends this summer. The city’s Transportation Commission is mostly against the idea of closing six blocks of State Street and making it into a pedestrian mall on Saturdays and Sundays from May til August. Madison’s Central Business Improvement District says making State Street easier to walk could help businesses along the street that are struggling.

Kimberly-Clark is moving 250 front office jobs from Neenah to Chicago. The company yesterday said the jobs are in sales, marketing, and management. Kimberly-Clark says the jobs will move south sometime next year. The company says none of its supply chain jobs or manufacturing jobs will move.

You could have your name on the baseball stadium in Beloit for as little as 500 dollars. The Beloit Snappers yesterday said it is auctioning off naming rights to the stadium. But as opposed to finding one, big sponsor, the team is offering lots of little sponsors the opportunity to name the stadium for one day. The auction started yesterday, and bids opened at 500 bucks. You can reserve a specific weekday for a thousand dollars, or a specific weekend

 All remaining U.S. troops will be pulled out of Afghanistan by September 11th.  President Biden spoke at the White House and noted that the U.S. entered Afghanistan nearly 20 years ago.  That was shortly after the 9-11 terrorist attacks.  There are roughly three-thousand U.S. troops in Afghanistan.  The President said a gradual, final withdrawal will start on May 1st.  He added, “It’s time to end this forever war” and warned the Afghan Taliban not to interfere.

The Department of Health is reporting 929 new COVID-19 cases since yesterday.  The total number of cases since the beginning of the pandemic now tops 587-thousand-500.  There are over 88-hundred active cases statewide.  There were five additional deaths confirmed today to raise the death toll to more than 66-hundred-and-90. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI DHS.

Governor Tony Evers is losing another battle in court when it comes to COVID-19 restrictions.  The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled today that the administration alone doesn’t have the authority to place limits on businesses without State Legislature approval.  Two weeks ago the State High Court overturned the governor’s mask mandate. 

The state treasurer is throwing her hat in the ring for the U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Ron Johnson.  Johnson has been noncommittal about his decision whether to run next year for a third term.   In the meantime, Sarah Godlewski joined the list of Democrats today looking to reclaim the seat for her party.

The DHS says 25-percent of all Wisconsin residents have completed their vaccine series. That means those residents are fully vaccinated with either both doses of the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine or a single dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.  The number of fully vaccinated people jumps to 70-percent for the 65 and older population.

A former Minnesota police officer is under arrest for the death of 20-year-old Black man Daunte Wright.  The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says Kim Potter was arrested this morning in the capital city of St. Paul.  That’s just outside where the deadly shooting took place on Sunday in Brooklyn Center.  She’s going to face a second-degree manslaughter charge and will be booked into the Hennepin County Jail.  The BCA says charges will be filed by the Washington County Attorney’s