Here's your Daily News Roundup from 97.9 WGBW.
For Civic Media News, I'm Lisa Hale.
If you noticed a jump in price at your local gas station this week, you're not alone.
Melissa K reports.
Average gas prices rose 4.8 cents over the last week, landing at an average of 254 on Monday.
This is 10.2 cents per gallon higher than a month ago, and more than 37 cents lower than
this time last year.
Officials at gas body say seasonal trends will now begin as the West Coast starts to transition
to summer gasoline.
Those pressures are expected to gradually push eastward in the weeks ahead, potentially
driving the national average back above the $3 per gallon mark.
Gas body officials say average prices could linger at that level for at least part of the
spring.
I'm Melissa K.
Wisconsin lawmakers haven't done enough to reduce tobacco usage in the state.
That's according to the American Lung Association.
Its data says tobacco use kills nearly 8,000 Wisconsinites every year, making it the leading
cause of preventable death and disease both in the state and across the country.
The American Lung Association releases a review on tobacco control each year, in which
Wisconsin typically receives mostly failing grades.
The review awards letter grades to states based on five categories.
Wisconsin received F grades in tobacco prevention and cessation funding, access to cessation
services, and flavored tobacco products, as well as a D grade for tobacco taxes.
Now, the state did receive a B grade in the final category, ensuring smoke-free air.
The American Lung Association is calling on state lawmakers to raise Wisconsin's legal
age of sale for tobacco products to 21.
Protect the statewide smoke-free air law and create tax parity between cigarettes and
e-cigarettes.
Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin is co-sponsoring legislation to redirect billions of dollars.
Earmarked for immigration and customs enforcement, in President Trump's one big beautiful bill
to local law enforcement agencies.
Here's civic media's James Kelly with the story.
According to a press release, the Public Safety Act would redirect nearly $75 billion in funding
to help hire and train around 200,000 local police officers around the country.
The legislation was originally proposed by Democratic Senator Catherine Cortez-Masto from New
Mexico.
Of that nearly $75 billion, $45 billion would be reallocated to the Burn JAG program to
fund support training, crime victim assistance programs, and crime prevention.
Nearly $30 billion would be reallocated to the COPS hiring program in the press release
Senator Baldwin says it's clear that President Donald Trump's ice is out of control, and
the influx of masked, armed, and untrained agents is making communities less safe.
She says ice doesn't need a blank check, and the funding should be used to double down
on investing in local police to ensure safety.
I'm James Kelly.
A new survey shows Wisconsin employers don't think students are prepared for the workforce.
The survey from the Wisconsin manufacturers and commerce finds that over half of responding
employers say Wisconsin's K-12 education system does not adequately prepare students
for the workforce.
Survey data shows 64% of employers indicated their employees struggle with reading, math,
or both.
30% of respondents say they have to resort to remedial education or tutoring for employees.
According to the survey, only 10% of Wisconsin employers rate the quality of their local school
district as excellent.
The City of Green Bay is facing backlash after it cited a non-profit for housing the
homeless.
Civic Media's Connie Felman has that story.
Safe Haven pet sanctuary got a citation for offering shelter to the homeless during
the recent dangerously cold weather.
In a Facebook post offering additional context and clarification, City leaders say it's important
to emphasize the city's actions are not intended to discourage compassion or community-based
efforts to help people in crisis.
The City says it received formal complaints about activities at the property and city inspectors
are required to apply zoning, building and fire safety, and public health regulations.
Comments responding to the City's post question the safety of unhoused people sleeping outside
in the extreme cold.
The City said they'll be reaching out to Safe Haven to work together for a long-term
solution.
I'm Connie Felman.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is encouraging Wisconsinites to learn about
flood risks across the state and available flood insurance options.
Isabella Nieto has more.
Because flooding has historically been the state's most common natural hazard, homeowners
should prepare for the spring season and look into flood insurance.
Most national flood insurance program policies include a standard 30-day waiting period before
coverage begins.
You can contact your local zoning administrator or search their address on FEMA's Map Service
Center to learn about flood risk in your area.
Additional resources on flood insurance and flood risk mitigation are available on the
Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance's Flood Insurance and Disasters web pages.
I'm Isabella Nieto.
According to the Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impact 2021 Assessment Report,
the past decade has been the wettest on record.
The Badgers in Illinois tonight, high on my clements with sports, men's college basketball,
Wisconsin Badgers in Champaign to take on the fighting aligning at Assembly Hall, now called
State Farm Center.
The Badgers coming off that loss at Indiana on Saturday, Illinois has dropped from 5th
to 8th ranked in the nation after losing to Michigan State, NBA, the bucks losing last
night in Orlando, 118 to 99, to the Magic, those two teams face off again 6 p.m. tomorrow
night in Florida.
baseball brewers manager Matt Arnold met with reporters about acquiring two left-handed
pictures, but trading away third baseman Caleb Durbin to the Boston Red Sox in the
deal.
You know, we really like the defense on our infield, but you also start looking at the
future here with guys like Hazel Smoday and Cooper Pratt and Luke Adams and we feel like
we have the ingredients now to weather the loss of somebody like Caleb Durbin who obviously
meant a lot to our franchise, but we feel really good about the infield depth.
That's the brewers general manager Matt Arnold with sports on Mike Clemmons.
Partly to mostly cloudy today with a high right around 35 this afternoon, tonight will
be mostly cloudy.
We'll drop down to near 20 for an overnight low tomorrow, mostly sunny with a high of 31.
I'm meteorologist Sean Cable.
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