After a quick tribute to a few of our colleagues new and old, Todd moves to some of the most important news of the day. According to Dan Bice at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, over 130 retired judges are urging the court system to drop their case against Milwaukee Judge Dugan. 

The Trump administration is further meddling in Wisconsin affairs, identifying Shawano County as a “sanctuary county” for immigrants. This has no basis in reality. Shawano County is, however, a self-identified sanctuary county for second amendment gun rights. It is very likely that Trump’s team used AI to find any county or city that mentioned the word “sanctuary” without actually looking into the specifics. 

At the bottom of the hour, we are proud to introduce Chali Pittman, Civic Media’s new News Director! She has worked in journalism and radio for years, and comes to us most recently from WORT, a community radio station here in Madison. She did excellent work in their news department, and we are excited for her to share her expertise in highlighting what’s important to our communities. 

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