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As expected, Governor Tony Evers wants to spend a lot more money in Wisconsin’s new state budget. The governor delivered his budget address to lawmakers last night, and proposed a nearly 104 billion-dollar spending plan. That’s more than 20 billion larger than the current state budget. The governor wants to spend more on everything from public schools, to a new paid-family-leave plan for Wisconsin, and he wants to expand Medicaid in the state. Governor Evers says his new budget will ‘invest’ in Wisconsin.

UW-Eau Claire is moving to wipe TikTok off of university-owned phones and tablets this week. Campuses across the system are wrapping-up their efforts to block TikTok from all university-owned devices. The university says the deadline for that is tomorrow. The UW System is banning TikTok because of worries that TikTok’s Chinese owners can spy-on and track American users. Students and faculty members can continue to use TikTok on their own phones and tablets.

About 50 workers at the 3M plant in Menomonie got a pink slip this week. The company announced a wave of layoffs tied to a planned ‘workforce reduction.’ There are about 700 people who work at the plant in Menomonie. The city’s mayor says 3M notified his office about the pending layoffs. It’s not just workers in Menomonie who are losing their jobs, 3M is planning to lay off 25 hundred people company-wide.

Western Wisconsin’s congressman is at the southern border today. Congressman Derrick Van Orden is touring the border in Texas. He said he’s there to see for himself how millions of illegal immigrants, and thousands of pounds of fentanyl are making their way into this country. Van Orden says there is a direct link between the drugs that are crossing the southern border and the people who are dying in Wisconsin from fentanyl overdoses.

Police in Wauwatosa say three people were arrested after a fight between students, a parent, and a school administrator.  It happened Tuesday afternoon at a freshman boys basketball game at Wauwatosa East High School.  Police say everything started as an argument between a parent and a group of students.  That escalated into a fight, and the parent shoved a school administrator.  Tosa East Principal Nick Hughes sent a note home to parents calling the whole thing “unacceptable.”  Hughes says the

 University of Wisconsin Health is pushing cholesterol screenings after seeing an uptick in kids with high cholesterol.  U-W Health Kids says preventative screenings can help prevent heart disease and death.  Doctors say screenings are important because kids often times don’t show symptoms of high cholesterol.  They say cholesterol screenings are especially important for families with a history of heart disease.

There will be plenty of horsin’ around at Wisconsin Farm Technology Days 2023 in Baraboo, July 18-20. Equine enthusiasts can prepare for an entertainment-packed schedule in the Fleet Farm Arena. Wayne Williams, host of “Speaking of Horses” TV and Radio with over 40 years of announcing under his belt, will be manning the microphone in the Fleet Farm Arena.    “We’ve put together an exciting program that everyone – experienced horsemen and women and never-ever riders will really enjoy…” “This year

The woman accused of killing her boyfriend after a day of drug use in Green Bay last year attacked her lawyer in court yesterday.  Taylor Schabusiness was handcuffed but managed to hit her attorney in the head with an elbow during a hearing yesterday morning. A deputy tackled Schabusiness, and they continued to fight on the floor of the courtroom. Schabusiness is looking at first degree homicide charges after police say she strangled her boyfriend while they were having sex,

Everyone is okay after a house fire in Chippewa Falls yesterday evening. Firefighters say they got a call to a house on Dover Street just before 6 p.m. That’s when they found a sparkling light fixture and a fire in the attic. Crews quickly put-out the flames. The damage was limited to about 10 thousand-dollars, but the family had to find a new place to stay last night because of the smoke and water.

Wisconsin’s governor wants over two-and-a-half billion-dollars more for public schools in the state. Governor Evers released his education budget preview yesterday. In addition to a lot more money, the governor wants a statewide free school lunch program, a new focus on student mental health, and a look at student literacy before the fourth grade. The governor has proposed many of the ideas in the past, and the Republicans who control the state legislature have shot them down. Republican lawmakers are