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For WFHR and WIRI News, I'm Melissa K.
The budget battle continues.
Assembly speaker Robin Voss says Governor Tony Evers is lying when he says Republicans won't agree to meaningful investments in education, childcare and the UW system.
Voss says Republicans are willing to make investments just not the amount Evers wants. The Evers administration says the Governor compromised on tax cuts, expecting compromise from Republicans in return.
Savannah Tome Olsen has more.
Democratic State Senator Keldar Royes emphasized that education is their main priority.
The things that we've heard over and over for years are what our taxpayers and voters in every corner of the state want funded.
Namely, our kids education, not just public K-12, although that's important, but also childcare, early childhood education, also the University of Wisconsin and public higher education.
Now Republicans have made it clear that tax cuts benefiting the wealthiest are their top priority both here and in Washington DC.
Meanwhile, Republicans had other priorities in the Tuesday meeting of the Joint Finance Committee, including food inspection and safety.
Co-chair Republican State Senator Howard Mark Line.
In the division of animal health, we're going to be adding three positions in that part of the debt cap.
Concern there is that disease outbreaks are becoming more frequent and we want to be prepared in the event of an outbreak.
Lawmakers also approved money for youth apprenticeship programs, workforce training grants, and for the Wisconsin Historical Society, which is building a new museum on the Capitol Square.
Republicans say they're still on schedule to finish the budget by the end of the month.
That's the deadline to get it all done and signed or spending levels for municipalities, schools, and programs will remain the same.
But even once they're done, the Governor has the power to veto the budget or use Wisconsin's unique line item veto, like he's done before.
The Joint Finance Committee meets again tomorrow. For civic media news, I'm Savannah Tomay Olsen.
With an update in the Judge Hannah Duggen case in Milwaukee, here's Joanne Krulans.
The Trump administration argues that charges should not be dropped against a Wisconsin judge indicted for allegedly helping a man who was in the country evade US immigration agents seeking to arrest him in her courthouse.
Attorneys for the US Department of Justice urged a federal judge on Monday to reject a motion filed by Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Duggen seeking to dismiss the charges against her.
Justice Department attorneys say dropping the charges would be unprecedented and allow judges to be above the law.
A grand jury indicted Duggen on May 13th and she played it not guilty ahead of a scheduled July 21st trial.
Meanwhile, Duggen's team has raised quite a bit of money to fight her case.
Stuart J. Wattles has more about fundraising efforts.
Judge Hannah Duggen's legal team has raised nearly $138,000 from thousands of small donors. That's according to JS Online.
Duggen is charged with concealing an individual to prevent arrests and obstruction.
Prosecutors say she helped a man avoid immigration agents in her courthouse by escorting him out of a back door.
Her attorneys have asked for charges to be thrown out arguing she acted within her official judicial capacity.
Federal prosecutors yesterday argued for charges to proceed.
Locally, area residents are looking forward to Bluegrass at the lake.
This three day music festival kicks off on June 12th at Lake Wazica in Wisconsin Rapids.
They have a full lineup of Bluegrass and folk centric bands for this family fun event.
Thursday night, the music begins with Southbound at 630.
On Friday, they'll have four bands playing from 430 to 1130.
And on Saturday, the music starts at noon and goes till 1130.
Touch a truck is on Saturday from 10 to 2 and is free to the public.
I'm Alyssa K for WFHR and WIRI News.
The Packers Mini Camp continues.
Hi, I'm Mike Clemens with Sports, NFL,
Day 2 of the Packers Mini Camp, GM Brian Goodakins,
spoke to reporters on the practice field saying although the team held firm on their offer
to Jair Alexander, the two sides met in person on Sunday before the decision to release him.
Oh, I think we wanted to give it as much time as again. He's a really good player.
And, you know, I think as he came in, had really good conversations with him on Sunday.
And I just kind of felt this was always best.
Baseball, the Brewers and Brave series wrapping up today.
The crew with a 4-to-1 win last night over Atlanta.
Thanks to home runs by Jake Bowers and Jackson Cheerio on Fandole, Wisconsin.
Cheerio in the center.
Well struck.
It is back and it is gone.
Manager Pat Murphy.
A lot of good performances.
Great to see Cheerio.
William Contreras was great on both ends.
Bowers hit the big homework.
In golf, Peyton Albers of Wannakey, the winner of the Division 1,
Boy State High School Golf Tournament.
With sports, I'm Mike Clemens.
On your entertainment beat, I'm Pete Schwabba.
More drama from the Blake Lively Justin Belldoney legal proceedings.
First, last week, Lively dropped two claims against Belldoney,
the director of It Ends With Us, which Lively started and produced.
Now, a judge is dismissed the director's $400 million counter-loss suit
against Lively, her husband Ryan Reynolds, and the couple's publicist.
Yeah, who entertainment says this is a major setback for Belldoney.
Bottom line, It Ends With Us, the sequel is probably never going to happen.
Sylvester Stewart, also known as Sly Stone, has passed away.
The groundbreaking musician was the leader of the band Sly and the Family Stone.
The band is known for chart-toppers like dance to the music.
I want to take you higher, and of course, everyday people.
Stewart is considered a pioneer of funk and influenced such musical acts as Prince,
Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Sly Stone was 82.
Actor and star of Dark Waters Mark Ruffalo has agreed to join the cast of Being Human,
and is the last name of the film's hero, Judy Human,
a disability rights activist from the 1970s.
The film will be directed by Coda director Sean Hader.
Ruffalo's part is undisclosed, but it's said to be a key role,
according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Ruffalo is a four-time Oscar nominee and native Wisconsinite.
Can you imagine living in a house that was featured in a famous TV show?
Joanne Quintana doesn't have to imagine it because it's real.
She lives in the house that was used in Breaking Bad as Walter White's family home.
Apparently, she is getting a little tired of people standing outside and staring.
So much so that she recently turned a hose on them, and she'll do it again.
A video was shared on Instagram by an influencer named Santi,
who captured her hosing down gockers, according to the New York Post.
Quintana says she gets so tired of the onlookers,
she's listed the home and is asking for four million bucks,
probably because her water bills are so high.
God has apparently taken a break from helping athletes win games
and is focused on Hollywood.
According to the Crazy Town Tribune, comedian actress Rosanne Barr,
is claiming God is the one who told her to send a racist tweet in 2018
that ended up getting her fired from the Conners,
which was a reboot of her previous show, Rosanne.
Barr says God, by telling her to tweet, helped her wake up,
enabling her to be fired from the Conners
because she was having nightmares about the show.
So God wanted her to send a racist tweet.
God still apparently made the Conners quite successful without her,
which is odd.
If you're like me, you're wondering what exactly is God's angle here
as the Supreme Being remained pretty hands off when it came to other sitcoms
like Seinfeld or Modern Family.
Barr also admitted to being on a mixture of Ambien and alcohol on the night of the tweet,
which probably made it a little harder for God to wake her.
Folks, apologies are out and nowadays it's about the double down
and this is one of the most convoluted I've ever seen.
For more showbiz fun, tune in the night light with me,
Pete Schwabba, weeknights from 6 to 8 p.m. on the Civic Media radio network.
We are going to have more of that smoky haze from those Canadian wildfires today.
Otherwise, partly cloudy, we'll get to around 77 for a high this afternoon.
Tonight, scattered showers, low 55 tomorrow, scattered showers,
and thunderstorms with a high near 70.
I'm meteorologist Sean Cable. Currently, it's 69.
Thanks for watching!