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Wisconsin lawmakers are going to get one more day of requests for more before they get to work on a new state budget. The legislature’s Joint Finance Committee will hold its final public listening session today in Minocqua. The other public budget hearings have seen local leaders, school leaders, advocates, and interest groups press lawmakers for more and more money. Once the hearings are wrapped-up, the JFC will head back to the Capitol and begin work on a new, two-year state

Milwaukee is talking about large police department cuts if the city doesn’t get more money from the state. The city’s Steering and Rules Committee this week debuted a plan that would close Milwaukee’s entire sixth police district to save money. Milwaukee is looking at a 156-million-dollar budget gap this year. The city’s pension payment is set to spike, and Milwaukee simply doesn’t have the money to make the payment. Aldermen are not happy about the proposed cuts, but they may

There was a standing ovation for a fallen Milwaukee police officer at the Brewers game last night. The team honored Officer Peter Jerving. He was killed in the line of duty back in February. Last night, the Brewers displayed his picture, hosted his family, and had Jerving’s nephew throw out the first pitch. Jerving was a longtime Brewer fan, and his friends say he would have loved the honor. Jerving’s parents accepted the Brewers Hometown Champion Award.

What goes up, just came down! The artist who painted Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers ‘King of the North’ mural has replaced it with a black wall and a skull. Green Bay artist Beau Thomas released a video yesterday of him painting over the mural, one day after Rodgers’ trade to the New York Jets was finalized. Thomas replaced the mural with a skull, but says it’s not the death of Rodgers. He said it’s simply the end of an era.

 More layoffs are coming to 3M.  The Twin Cities based company says it’s laying off six-thousand workers worldwide, saving the company up to 900-million dollars.  3M has four plants in Wisconsin and it’s unclear how or if operations will be affected.  Today’s announcement comes alongside a sales report detailing a nine percent drop in sales compared to this quarter last year and a 25 percent drop in net income.

Wisconsin is one of the least gambling addicted states in America.  WalletHub’s latest study ranks Wisconsin sixth-to-last for gambling addiction, saying it’s not a gambling-friendly state.  Wisconsin is the least-gambling addicted state in the Midwest, one spot ahead of Kansas and two spots ahead of Nebraska.  WalletHub says the most gambling addicted state is Nevada and the least is Utah.quarter last year and a 25 percent drop in net income.

There is more fun money in the account of one Wisconsin resident. A $50,000 Powerball winning ticket was sold at Kwik Trip on 12501 W. Arden Place in Butler, Wisconsin, for the Monday, April 25th drawing. The winning ticket matched four of the five numbers (19-21-55-66-68) plus the Powerball (3).

Chippewa Valley Technical College received its largest one-time gift from an individual donor recently. “We are extremely honored to have received this very generous gift that is to be used for the construction of our new addition to the CVTC emergency services simulated city.” A $500,000 gift to the CVTC Foundation from The Duck Pond Charitable Remainder Trust was donated to construct a simulation building at CVTC’s Emergency Services Education Center. This building will serve as a training space for

There will be something new in the skies above Madison starting today. The Air National Guard says the first F-35 fighter jets are due to arrive at Truax Field sometime today. In all, Madison’s 115th Fighter Wing will get 20 F-35 jets over the next year. They are replacing Madison’s current group of F-15 fighters. Many local leaders didn’t want the jets to come to town, and even tried to stop their transfer. Guard commanders say the new jets will

Wisconsin Republicans are ready to approve some sweeping changes to public benefits in the state. The State Assembly is scheduled to vote today on a plan that would tie unemployment benefits to the state’s jobless rate, vote on another plan that would require people to prove they are still eligible for BadgerCare, and vote on a third plan that would ban publicly-funded guaranteed income programs. Republicans say their goal is to get people back to work in Wisconsin. The proposals are almost