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There will likely be a showdown over what to do with Wisconsin’s extra money next summer. The state’s budget writing panel yesterday voted along party lines to spend about 250 million-dollars of the state’s surplus on a tax cut. Republicans voted for the plan, Democrats voted against it. Republicans want to spend other pieces of the surplus on reducing state debt. Governor Tony Evers has said that he wants the extra money to go to schools. It remains to be seen

Public health managers in Wisconsin are waiting for test results on another possible case of the coronavirus. The Department of Health Services yesterday said the possible case is out for testing. The state says 14 of the 16 people tested for the coronavirus have been confirmed as not sick. There is still just one confirmed case of the virus, in Dane County.

The suspect accused of killing two Janesville women is set to appear in an Illinois courtroom.  Marcus Randle-El turned himself in to police Chicago on Saturday with members of the Janesville Police Department also on hand.  Randle-El is expected to be charged with two counts of first-degree murder after he is returned to Wisconsin.  Randle-El is a former Badger football player.

Wisconsin voters will go to the polls for the spring primary tomorrow.  There are a variety of city and county races and the Supreme Court candidates will be trimmed from three to two.  Polls are open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m. and though people can’t register online anymore they can register in person tomorrow at their polling center.  The general election primary is April 7th.

Presidential history contains a bevy of interesting, bizarre, and sometimes eerie facts.  Correspondent Bill Zimpfer gives us a taste. UNROLL THE SCROLL HERE

A Chippewa Falls man is accused of sexually assaulting two drunk teenage women.  A criminal complaint says the 19-year-old victims were drinking in a car with 21-year-old Isiah Taylor last May.  The victims claim Taylor then had sex with them without their permission.  The complaint also says Taylor admitted to police he gave the women alcohol, but that he only had sex with one of them and it was consensual.

Wisconsin state Republicans want to cut income taxes by about 250-million dollars.  Republicans released their plan Friday but it doesn’t include anymore funding for education, as Governor Tony Evers called for.  The plans shows about two-million people would be eligible for the tax cuts and single filers would see a tax decrease of over 100 dollars.  The plan says singles who make more than 120-thousand dollars and married couples who make more than 144-thousand dollars wouldn’t be eligible.

It’s primary week for the Wisconsin Supreme Court.  Jill Karofsky and Ed Fallone are running against former governor Scott Walker appointee Daniel Kelly.  Karofsky is a Dane County circuit judge and Fallone is a law professor at Marquette.  The primary takes place Tuesday and the last two candidates remaining will compete in the general election.

The Flying Eagles Ski Club in Eau Claire has a good showing at this year’s Flying Eagles Invitational.  Four Flying Eagles won their events over the weekend while six others finished in the top three in their events. The Itasca Ski Club had the most wins with five.

Attacking your own lawyer in court and punching the county sheriff are good ways to get sent to prison. A judge on Friday sentenced 31-year-old Ryan Denning to three more years in prison. He’s already serving a two-year sentence. The new sentence is for headbutting his lawyer in court back in 2017, then getting into a fight in jail, and punching Chippewa County Sheriff Jim Kowalczyk.