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Wisconsin Budget Balance Grows By Billions As Tax Revenue Surges
June 8, 2021 11:45a
(WPR)---The state of Wisconsin's financial situation grew even rosier Tuesday as the Legislature's nonpartisan budget office projected state tax revenues would grow by $4.4 billion more than previously expected.
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Home Sales, Prices, Up in Walworth, Racine and Kenosha Counties
June 7, 2021 4:20p
(WGTD)---The easing of the pandemic, a tight supply of homes and low interest rates have combined to keep the housing market hot.
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Advisory: WGTD Returns to the Air Sunday Night
June 6, 2021 11:45a: Updated 1p; Updated 10:30p
After being off the air for much of the day Sunday, WGTD' over-the-air signals returned Sunday evening. The problem was heat-related.
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Gov. Evers Announces 2022 Re-Election Bid At State Democratic Convention
June 5, 2021 9p
(WPR)---Gov. Tony Evers will seek a second term in office in 2022. The governor announced his reelection bid on Saturday during a speech at the state Democratic Party convention.
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New Ways to Travel in Both Kenosha and Racine
June 5, 2021 8:50p
(WGTD)---Electric scooters are coming to Racine while people in Kenosha may soon be able to tour the downtown and lakefront areas by quadricycle.
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Kenosha Council Approves Red Zone Buy-Out
June 5, 2021 8:15p; Updated 6-8
(WGTD)---A troubled Kenosha tavern has served its last customer. The Red Zone Bar and Grill was bought out by the city Monday night.
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Charges in Kenosha Gunfight; 'Time' Honoree Tries to Calm Crowd; More on Jail Death; Woman Escapes Attacker by Jumping From 2nd Floor Window
June 4, 2021 3:20p
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Photo Released in Suspected Child Enticement Case in Union Grove
June 2, 2021 9:40p
(WGTD)---The Racine County Sheriff's Dept. has released a photo to go with a description of the truck whose driver apparently tried to entice a 15-year-old boy on his way to Union Grove High School Tuesday morning.
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2nd Racine County Jail Death Reported in Three Days
June 2, 2021 9:45a
(WGTD)---A man on suicide watch in the Racine County Jail died Tuesday evening following a “medical event,” according to a news release from the Racine County Sheriff’s Dept. It was the second death of an inmate in three days.
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Residents in Low-Income Areas in SE Wisconsin Less Likely to Get Vaccine
June 1, 2021 8:30p
(WGTD)---Public health administrators in southeast Wisconsin are seeing patterns in the drive to get as many people as possible vaccinated against COVID-19.