Here's your local news for Thursday, May 1—

• Local utilities are requesting rate increases,
• A donation helps Wisconsin Humanities stay afloat,
• While Dairy Drive is headed for closure this fall due to insufficient funding.

Plus, it's May Day, the international celebration of workers, with protests in both Madison and Milwaukee. And our features talk hiring bias, the pros and cons of heat pump water heaters, and dancing around the Maypole.