S*#t You Need To Know: Funds Heading To Good Causes

It's a wake-up call in more ways than one.

Time for some shit you need to know.

This is troubling coming out of Kenosha.

Multiple posters described as anti-immigrant were discovered around Kenosha this week prompting concern from community members and local advocacy groups.

A resident who spotted several of the signs reported them to police after finding them posted near busy streets and businesses.

Forward Latino says about 10 of the posters have been found so far and is encouraging

residents to report any additional signs that they do happen to see.

The group says the message promotes intimidation, division, and fear, and is urging the public not to ignore or normalize hateful rhetoric.

Forward Latino says many hate and bias incidents target people because of their appearance, language, or accent, regardless of their immigration status.

We've seen that a lot.

Local law enforcement is investigating, and Forward Latino says it also has contact to the FBI.

Residents can report hateful messages through the group's reporting system or by calling 833-LATINO-1.

That's 833-528-4601.

Come on, Kenosha, you're better than that.

Yeah.

Yeah, I mean, anytime you see these types of things, it's disgusting.

Because it, and it just goes to show the rhetoric does affect people and the fact that when it's coming from all angles, right, people are going to take advantage of being able to say and do these things and it's never, it's never right.

Sure, you're empowered

and

Kenosha has, Kenosha has a past, we all

know that.

Yes.

So.

Call it out, that's all.

You know, report it, call it out and...

Forward Latino doing a lot of work on the immigration front right now and it's been pretty nonstop and endless as we can all imagine.

In other headlines for stuff you need to know, Wisconsin lawmakers approved $7 million to help reduce a waiting list of more than 7,600 people with disabilities who are seeking help finding and keeping jobs.

The Division of Vocational Rehabilitation provides services like job training, career counseling,

and support for employers hiring people with disabilities.

A funding shortfall last year forced the agency to create a waiting list and about 1,000 additional people have been joining the list each month.

The new funding will allow the agency to gradually reduce the backlog.

Officials expecting the waitlist to be eliminated by June of next year.

Lawmakers from both parties agreed the funding was needed, though they disagreed over why it took so long to address the problem.

There's always gotta be a disagreement there.

And whether even more fun.

should have been approved.

Now priority for services will go first to people with the most significant disabilities, followed by those with less severe but still substantial barriers to employment.

I don't even know why this was a discussion.

Give them the money.

Get people who need it, the jobs.

I mean, my goodness, you can't complain people don't work and then not make sure that they have the path to do so, right?

I mean, I-

Yeah, but are they the people we want working?

We've got it.

Is that the money we want to spend?

Isn't

that

DEI if we're just giving people jobs because they're disabled?

The stupidity of some of our

arguments is crazy.

Yes.

All right, listen.

You lunatics.

If you're out riding your ATVs and UTVs in Wisconsin this weekend, which I encourage you, get out.

It is, again, free park weekend, free fun weekend.

Go out, have fun.

But there are new safety rules that took effect on June 1st.

We talked about this before they went into action.

So if you are an ATV or a UTV rider, you must

Wear a seat belt.

All occupants, drivers and passengers when riding in a UTV.

And it's always more fun to ride in a UTV when you don't fly out

of it.

Right.

That's a key component to the day.

Yes.

Well, I would think so.

But who am I to tell you what to do?

I'm not the government.

So

the

government is telling you you got to wear

a

seat belt.

Riders under age of 18 must now wear a DOT approved helmet and eye protection is required if the vehicle does not have a windshield.

It's now illegal to tow people behind your ATV or UTV on public roads or trails, though limited exceptions do apply on private property and ice, which sounds really scary.

It's illegal.

New restrictions also limit window tinting on UTVs and create penalties for intentionally damaging ATV or UTV trails and property.

The changes come as Wisconsin continues to see high numbers of ATV and UTV crashes.

Last year, the DNR reported more than 300 crashes, more than 277 injuries in 2025.

Wisconsin recorded 41 ATV-UTV-related deaths.

So yes, they're fun.

Yes, you can go fast.

Yes, you can be outside.

be careful that's all yeah we're not telling you how to ride them just be careful conservation warrants and local law enforcement agencies are going to enforce the new rules through routine patrols with warnings and citations possible for violations

Good.

I mean, I think we should have rules.

I mean, obviously, if we're going to do silly, stupid things, like, and it is really fun.

And so when I say silly and stupid, I've actually done this, do the ice and things like that with ATVs and UTVs.

It is a ton of fun, but it is really silly and stupid.

So do it at your own risk.

But, you know, it's hard for us to learn our lessons.

But if we're going to do these things, we've got to be safe at the same

time.

Every time I'm on an ATV, I get nervous

because I think

I'm going to go too fast and flip

it.

Yeah.

Yeah.

And it happens,

right?

I

like to putter along.

I'm a

putter.

Jamie, what's the big story?

Well, the big story is the fact that as we continue to talk about affordable housing and we talk about the lack of housing across the state, Governor Evers is stepping in.

The state is going to award $47.8 million in housing tax credits to developers working on affordable housing projects all across the state.

Now, this funding will support 35 developments in 15 different counties, so that is really

good news because this is a very much a statewide issue right now.

The projects are expected to create or preserve 2,128 affordable housing units in 26 communities, providing housing opportunities for about 5,000 Wisconsin residents.

So that is very good news.

And honestly, here's the thing, it is really good news.

It feels like a dent with everybody who is struggling with affordable housing, but you know what?

A dent is better than... You gotta start something.

Yes, exactly.

We can't wait

until the whole problem can be fixed at once.

Right.

It's compromise.

It is a compromise.

Another part of our broken record.

It's

compromise.

Well, it's government.

It should be compromise.

I don't know when we got away from that.

But most of the projects are going to be new construction.

28 of these developments will be built from the ground up.

The remaining projects involve renovating some existing buildings or also converting properties into housing.

24 developments are going to be geared toward families as well, which is going to be a key for part of this, because the other projects will also be designed to meet the needs of seniors.

So also developing, also taking care of a couple of subsections of the population that are really struggling right now.

Now, these tax credits, Brian, are intended to help developers overcome rising construction costs, the labor shortages, as well as inflation, so that these affordable projects are actually financially feasible.

because my family did construction my whole life, right?

And so I remember the conversations about supplies when there was a recession or there was inflation because then you would have to tack on more to that bid so that you could get that job but you might not get that job then because you were not cutting corners but maybe another guy was to take prices down and it was all of this and it is very cutthroat.

It's not because you don't want to do these projects as somebody who

is a builder, it's because you literally can't afford to do so.

You just sometimes can't.

So the fact that this money and this $47.8 million is now in existence for developers, I think this is a great thing for affordability across the board.

Yeah, and we talked about the apartment complex that's going up in Milwaukee

the

other day, and we have such a housing shortage here.

And the cost of housing is so high.

Yes.

So

anything we can do to make things a little more affordable.

Yes, yes.

I

am always...

I'm always on board with

saving a

little money.

And the fact that this is going to be across the state, so it is going to also affect not just your urban areas, but rural communities, small cities, growing suburban areas.

All of those places are also feeling pressure with housing right now.

And to be clear for anybody listening today, this is very good news.

But these programs will not directly subsidize renters.

Instead, developers will receive tax incentives in exchange for agreeing to keep a portion of their units affordable.

for low and moderate income households for at least 30 years.

So it's not even a short-term program, right?

Governor Evers also making sure that this is set up for some long-term success.

Since 1986, Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority has awarded more than $644 million in housing tax credits, creating or preserving more than 61,000 affordable housing rentals.

across the state.

And since 2019, Wisconsin added more than 33,000 housing units aimed for workers, family, seniors, and other residents struggling to find a place to survive.

So the work is being done.

It's just, it's a slow process when you build.

Renovation is always slow, but this certainly helps those developers get some projects accomplished.

Well, and going back to your point real quick, the fact that it is happening in rural communities

where we're

seeing the population decreases because one, lack of work, people leaving the smaller areas.

So if you're building places that someone can afford, maybe those population centers start to build up again.