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Mississippi’s Department of Human Services wants a judge to keep Brett Favre as part of their lawsuit to recover misspent welfare dollars. DHS lawyers in Jackson, Mississippi last week asked the judge not to allow Favre to walk away from the case. Favre has never been charged with a crime, but there is evidence that links him to a scheme to mis-spend millions of dollars that were supposed to go to needy families. Favre’s lawyers say the state is using

The Lady Badgers are NCAA women’s’ hockey champions. Wisconsin shut-out Ohio State to win their third national championship in four seasons. The only goal in the game came from UW freshman Kirsten Simms in the first period. After that, Wisconsin held Ohio State off for the rest of the game.

 Illinois officials say the state is making millions of dollars selling marijuana to Wisconsinites.  The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation says they made about 36-million dollars in tax revenue last year from Wisconsin residents driving over the state line to buy cannabis.  The report said Illinois counties bordering Wisconsin made over half of their cannabis sales to out-of-state residents. 

Advocates for transgender healthcare are marching on the State Capitol.  The group called Trans Advocacy Madison organized Saturday’s protest, called the “Resistance to Trans Genocide March.”  The group is demanding Governor Evers to sign an executive order to protect transgender healthcare, and are also calling for a ban on conversion therapy. 

Hello. We’re glad you are here. Thanks for starting your day with us. Sometimes the week can feel long and stressful, even full of what feel like failures. That’s why to start the day we are letting you know about a way to celebrate those bumps in life. Just a little “hey, we got your back!” New York City now has a museum showcasing some company’s biggest product flops.  The Museum of Failure Founder Samuel West says he had a

More Cinderella teams are coming from behind in college basketball’s March Madness.  Three upsets highlighted NCAA Tournament action on Friday.  One of those teams made the record books.  Fairleigh Dickinson is just the second 16-seed in NCAA history to win in the tournament, after shocking top-seeded Purdue, 63-58 in Columbus.  Eleventh-seeded Pittsburgh pulled off an upset over sixth-seeded Iowa State 59-41, while ninth-seeded FAU sent Penny Hardaway and Memphis home with a 66-65 win over the Tigers.  The action continues

Wisconsin’s longest-serving secretary of state is calling it a career.  Secretary of State Doug La Follette announced his retirement Friday, effective immediately.  The 82-year-old La Follette was just three months into his tenth consecutive term.  He was first elected in 1974, then again in 1982 and had served since then.  Governor Tony Evers appointed former state treasurer Sarah Godlewski to serve out La Follette’s term, which expires in 2027.

The University of Wisconsin System on Friday released more details of a proposal to raise tuition and fees for the 2023-24 school year.  Earlier this month, President Jay Rothman announced plans to raise tuition and fees by about five-percent to keep up with inflation and make sure the UW System remains, as Rothman put it, “financially sustainable.”  If approved, tuition and fees would range from less than 83-hundred dollars at UW-Green Bay to more than eleven-thousand-200 dollars at the flagship UW-Madison.  The

The UW System has narrowed the field to three for the next chancellor of UW-Platteville.  On Friday, UW System President Jay Rothman announced the three finalists.  They are: interim chancellor Tammy Evetovich, UW-Whitewater vice chancellor for student affairs Artanya Wesley, and University of Tennessee-Martinsville interim chancellor Philip Cavalier.  Previous UW-Platteville chancellor Dennis Shields left last June to become president of the Southern University System and chancellor of Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

 According to a national organization, University of Wisconsin-Stout is a great place for veterans and active military members to pursue their higher education goals. The university has again been named a Military Friendly® school, the 14th straight year, receiving a silver designation for 2023-24. UW-Stout has approximately 450 military-affiliated students, who include veterans, current members of the U.S. military (active and reserve) and eligible family members. In the university’s new First Destination report, 100% of veterans who graduated in fall 2021 and spring