Evers has a plan for the surplus and another officer shot

Gov. Tony Evers wants to use a newfound state surplus to increase school funding by $750 million and give $150 to every Wisconsinite

• The Democratic governor's plan for tax rebates echoes one his predecessor, Republican Scott Walker, offered as he headed into reelection in 2018. Democrats panned Walker's proposal at the time but Evers said rebates make sense now because the state is in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic and inflation is high.

• Republicans who control the Legislature did not immediately react to it, but some of them said this week they want to wait on cutting taxes until after the election for governor this fall. Evers said there is no reason to wait.

• In all, Evers' tax rebates would cost the state $816 million. Another $103 million would go toward a tax break for those who care for family members and $29 million would go toward expanded tax breaks to help cover child care costs. In addition, Evers would provide $611 million for K-12 education, $111 million for the University of Wisconsin System and $28 million for the state's technical colleges.

Milwaukee police officer shot near North 21st Street and West St. Paul Avenue, one day after sheriff's deputy injured in shooting

• According to Milwaukee Police Chief Jeffrey Norman, an officer was dispatched to the 2100 block of W. St. Paul Ave. to check on a man slumped over in a car. The officer then encountered the man who police say appeared to flee and showed a gun. The man and the officer began to exchange gunfire and struck each other. After the gunfire, the man entered the officer’s squad car and drove away. The man collided with another motorist in the 1700 block of West Clybourn St. The man fled on-foot from the crash and was arrested in the 600 block of North 17th St.

• The suspect and officer were transported to a hospital with non-fatal injuries. The driver of the vehicle that the suspect crashed with was also transported to the hospital with non-fatal injuries.

• The officer is the second to be shot in two days in Milwaukee. Acting Mayor Cavalier Johnson spoke after Norman at the briefing Thursday evening and railed against people’s access to guns. “There are too many people, in this community, who have too easy access to guns. Who should not have them in the first place … I need for this community to wake up to the issue of gun violence,” he said.

Michael Gableman, the former Supreme Court justice reviewing Wisconsin's 2020 election, has a history of trouble with facts

• In 2008, Gableman ran a campaign ad that dramatically distorted his opponent’s record, leading state authorities to file an ethics complaint against him. In 2011, he relayed a story to sheriff’s deputies about a fellow justice smacking him on the back of the head in front of his colleagues — a tale no justice would corroborate.

• In the months before he was hired to review the election, Gableman publicly contended the 2020 contest had been stolen in Wisconsin. Soon after that, similar baseless claims made by others were knocked down in a string of court rulings.

• Gableman received free legal services from Milwaukee law firm Michael Best & Friedrich to fight his ethics charge, and he escaped discipline when his colleagues on the state Supreme Court deadlocked on whether he violated judicial rules. Gableman did not disclose that he got the free help from Michael Best and continued to handle the firm's cases as a justice, ruling in its favor five times.

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Today in Wisconsin History

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