Bipartisan effort on floodplains

QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Why are floodplains important? They promote habitat and biodiversity. They’re really important for maintaining public health and safety.”

– Tracy Hames of the Wisconsin Wetland Association testifying before a legislative study committee Tuesday.

A bipartisan committee began work Tuesday to assess how floodplains can be restored to improve watershed health, restore wetland habitats and better control flooding as climate change has made floods more common and more severe. Henry Redman reports.

Stevens Point, Winnebago County, Fond du Lac County and Sheboygan are among the Wisconsin communities that have recently moved away from Flock license plate reader cameras. On Tuesday, city staff in Stevens Point began covering the cameras while local elected leaders determine whether they can cancel their Flock contract altogether. Isiah Holmes has the story.

After continued antagonization from President Donald Trump over the weekend, Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on American goods kicked in Tuesday, escalating a trade war with the United States’ nearest neighbor, Ashley Murray reports. In Wisconsin, Sen. Tammy Baldwin denounced moves by the Trump administration that triggered steep barriers on exports of paper and cheese to the state’s largest trading partner.

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