Wisconsin's Midday News

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Wisconsin's Midday News has your Top Two at Two. Guests include Host of Unsportsmanlike Evan Cohen and Athletic Director at Brookfield East High School Ben Westphal. We wrap up with a sad health update for singer Michael Bolton.

Athletic Director at Brookfield East High School, Ben Westphal, talks about the historic moment for high school sports in Wisconsin. With the WIAA membership voting 293-108 to pass the Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) amendment, high school athletes across the state will officially be able to begin monetizing their NIL at the end of May. What does this mean for young Wisconsin athletes?

Host of Unsportsmanlike Evan Cohen talks about the gut-wrenching Milwaukee Bucks loss last night and the future of Giannis. Will he stay? Does this season end feel different? Does Damian Lillard’s injury impact any moves made?

1. What's next for the Milwaukee Bucks? For the third straight season, the Bucks got bounced out during the first round of the playoffs. They lost in overtime last night to the Indiana Pacers: 119-118. It was a shocking loss in the end: The Bucks were up by seven points with just 40 seconds to go in overtime and they lost it. Right after the game, Giannis got into a verbal altercation with the father of Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton. John Haliburton ran onto the court and started yelling at Giannis. He's since apologized. Meanwhile, the national story right now is all about trading Giannis. 2. According to figures from the Commerce Department, the economy is slowing. Gross domestic product, which measures all the goods and services produced in the economy, registered at an annualized rate of -0.3% in the first quarter. That's a sharp slowdown from the fourth quarter's 2.4% rate, and much worse than the 0.8% rate economists projected. Some contributing factors: Government spending is down about 5%. Some businesses chose to stockpile goods in Q4 given the uncertainty over Trump's tariff plan. A rule of thumb for defining a recession is two consecutive quarters of negative GDP.

Wisconsin's Midday News has your Three Big Things. Guests include ABC News Correspondent Jim Ryan and TMJ4 Meteorologist Kristen Kirchhaine. We also give an update on 'Deep Thought', Operation Babylift, and big changes coming to Southwest Airlines.

ABC News Correspondent Jim Ryan talks about how the Alzheimer's Association released its annual report Tuesday, suggesting that 300,000 new cases have been diagnosed in the past year. While scientists say they’ve made important advances in diagnosing and treating the disease, they fear that politics may endanger important research. The White House has cut funding to at least one Alzheimer's study underway at Columbia University.

1. A local police chief has been placed on administrative leave. Greenfield Police Chief Jay Johnson is on leave during an investigation into "workplace concerns." The Greenfield Mayor says the city is conducting an independent review right now. Because it's a "personnel matter"... that's all the city is saying. Chief Johnson is a 33-year veteran of the department. He's served as Greenfield Police Chief since 2019. 2. What's next for the Bucks after a third straight first round playoff exit? It all starts with Giannis. Giannis has two years left on his contract plus a player option for the 2027-28 season. Still, some of the national conversation regarding Giannis's future is eye opening. No first round draft pick until 2031. Lillard out for most, if not all next season. No tradeable assets aside from possibly Bobby Portis. 3. The skies are getting more crowded. So crowded in fact, the FAA is going to do something about it. One reason? The skies are getting more crowded. The FAA says weather-related flight delays were up 40-percent last year. One of the reasons: those crowded skies.

Wisconsin's Midday News has your Now at Noon headlines. Guests include CBS News Congressional Correspondent Scott MacFarlane. We also talk about the gut-wrenching Bucks loss and a new study about slow healing in humans.

CBS News Congressional Correspondent Scott MacFarlane talks about the first quarter GDP in the negative, how Washington is viewing the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s suspension of Judge Hannah Dugan, and the Republican majority in the House of Representatives blocking an inquiry into Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's use of the encrypted messaging app Signal.