Around Town
MATCHING CHALLENGE: Iola’s Dan Halverson, station owner of Paradise Tunes, has a matching grant challenge for up to $600. If you want to keep the internet station afloat, go here.
JORGENS PARK STORYWALK: The new book for StoryWalk at Jorgens Park in Scandinavia is K.L. Going’s “This Is the Planet Where I Live.” This marks the 10th anniversary of the program at Jorgens Park.
Business Hours
DRAGONFLIES & DAISIES: May hours are Wednesday 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Friday 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Saturday the 10th and 24th 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Around the State
PETITION PAYMENTS PROHIBITION: Democratic legislators on April 10 introduced Assembly Bill 227, which would expand Wisconsin’s existing election bribery laws to also prohibit people from making payments to voters in exchange for signing petitions during an election period. The bill was introduced just nine days after the April 1 election, before which Elon Musk offered the public $100 to sign a petition opposing “activist judges.” At an event just two days before the election, Musk gave two Wisconsin voters $1 million checks.
REPUBLICANS WANT COOPERATION: Wisconsin’s Assembly Republican leadership is asking Gov. Tony Evers to rescind a memo from the Department of Administration asking state employees not to answer questions from a federal agent, give access to systems or information, and to call the state Office of Legal Counsel. Read the story here.
REPUBLICANS TWEAK STATE AID FORMULA: An analysis for Wisconsin Watch finds a statistically significant correlation between how a community votes and how much its shared revenue increased under the legislation known as Act 12. On average, each percentage point of GOP vote share corresponds to a 2.1% increase in shared revenue, according to calculations by Phil Rocco, associate professor of political science at Marquette University. Read the Wisconsin Watch story here.
