A month of flag-raisings

Here's your local news for Wednesday, June 7:

• The Wisconsin State Legislature was busy, busy, busy today. Amidst legislation to increase hoops for unemployment, protect gas-powered vehicles, create more transparency for parole, and ongoing negotiation over shared revenue, legislators also passed a package of bills that would make changes to the state's key credentialing agency, the Department of Safety and Professional Services. Our reporter watched the today's hearings in real time.

• Meanwhile, it's been a season of flag-raisings this month. Today, local leaders hoisted the trans pride flag above the Madison Municipal Building, where it'll fly for the next week,

• Madison educators will be getting the maximum allowable raise of 8%, more than double what MMSD had initially proposed, and

• Two chefs at Madison's Fairchild restaurant have won a top honor: a James Beard Award.

• Meanwhile - what do those air quality alerts mean?, Rob has the most comprehensive weather forecast on the WORT airwaves, and a national magazine fawns over Paul Soglin on this week's Madison in the Sixties.