On today’s show, Steve Scaffidi and Kristin Brey cover a packed and powerful news day across Wisconsin and beyond.

🕊️ The show opens with the latest on the Shorewood police shooting—WTMJ’s Mike Spaulding joins with breaking details, and the hosts reflect on the toll of gun violence.

📝 Just hours after Governor Evers signed the state budget in the middle of the night, Steve and Kristin ask: What’s actually in it? Is it a win? And what’s next as Congress battles over Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill”?

📞 Nick Matuszewski from Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort calls in to talk about why gun violence is surging in the Midwest, what policies can help, and what still needs to be done.

🧨 Then Urban Milwaukee’s Jeramey Jannene joins in-studio for a rapid-fire roundup:

The truth about Milwaukee’s EV charging costs

The MCTS fare-skipping audit and what it means for riders

What UWM is doing with its' new state funding

Has Vision Zero really reduced traffic deaths in Milwaukee?

Plus: A new flag for the city—for real this time?