On the 6pm Local News tonight, it's an all-outdoors show.
- A local environmental attorney unpacks a recent Supreme Court ruling that guts parts of the Clean Water Act and threatens the nation’s waterways,
- Then, put on your hiking boots for Trail Tuesday— our new summer feature explores trails across south-central Wisconsin,
- Wildlife Weekly tells us what makes a cardinal red — and how the bird can be spotted sporting other colors.
Other headlines in brief:
- Statehouse Republicans today unveiled a bill package that would, among other things, clarify procedures that would be permitted under Wisconsin’s broad 1849 ban on abortion.
- Meanwhile, Wisconsin celebrated its official 175th birthday yesterday. Wisconsin became the 30th state to join the United States on May 29, 1848 — one year before the current abortion ban was passed.
- Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, the state’s largest business lobby, says it’ll head to court to block new rules regulating surface water pollution.
- Wisconsin’s public affairs channel Wisconsin Eye, a state-level version of C-SPAN, could be getting a boost from the state Legislature in the upcoming budget,
- An internal complaint filed against Madison Metropolitan School District’s head of communications was unsealed by a Dane County judge late last week. In it, seven current and former employees allege a pattern of mistreatment from MMSD's top spokesman Tim LeMonds,
- And, The 95th Annual Scripps National Spelling Bee in Maryland kicked off today. Among the 251 spellers competing in the national spelling bee is Wisconsin’s own Aiden Wijeyakulasuriya, a seventh-grader at Blessed Sacrament School. The spelling kicked off today with a preliminary round. Wijeyakulasuriya appeared to still be in the running as of this afternoon, spelling the word bahuvrihi correctly. You can watch it all this week at spellingbee.com.
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