Hey, everyone, it is Thursday, April 6th, and you are listening to the

Monoos podcast. I'm Jill Wagner. This is the place where we bring you just the facts.

We read all the news and read between the lines so you don't have to.

Moche, as you could tell, is off today. I just want to wish everyone who celebrates a happy

Passover. And with that, let's get to the news on this Thursday.

Two big elections this week, one in Chicago and one in Wisconsin, and what the results could

mean for the national political landscape. Another deadly tornado this time in southeastern Missouri.

And no, you're not dreaming. It has been a particularly brutal tornado season so far. I'll

break down the numbers. We've got some promising data about an experimental treatment for early

stage Alzheimer's ghosting not just for dating apps. It's also a thing in diplomacy. China

just won't get back to US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken. And it comes as the house speaker

meets with the leader of Taiwan and California. Joe Biden has an officially announced that he is

running for reelection, but he's got a new democratic challenger on the jobs front. Some good

news when it comes to employment for black Americans. And on this day in history, I will try to make

most proud. I've got everything from World War One to ABBA. Okay, let's start with two really

big political stories that got a bit overshadowed this week by the Trump Arraignment.

First in Wisconsin, a major win for Democrats. You now have a four to three majority in the

state Supreme Court. And that gives liberals their first majority on the state's highest court

in 15 years. And it comes ahead of some really big decisions for the court. Janet Protosewitz

is a liberal Milwaukee County judge. She defeated Daniel Kelly, a conservative former Wisconsin

Supreme Court justice, who was looking to return to the bench. Protosewitz won by a margin of

about 10%. A sign of how much was at stake in this election. It was the most expensive state Supreme

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