KENOSHA, Wisc. – Today marks the anniversary of the second day of the mob violence in Kenosha, which resulted in more than 100 businesses damaged by rioters. On this day in 2020, local officials begged for more assistance from Tony Evers, citing the mass destruction to the community and the residents who were “heartbroken” and “terrified for their lives.” Instead of answering their calls for help, Tony Evers told protestors to “wear your masks and keep social distance” after buildings across the city had already burned during the first night of riots. This week, Tony Evers called the riots a “dead issue” and maintained that he has “no regrets” over his disastrous response

MADISON – The Department of Workforce Development’s Office of Economic Advisors received the Community, Economic, and Workforce Research 2022 Award for Best Regional Resilience from The Council for Community and Economic Research. DWD economists received the award for research and data analysis supporting business, economic, and workforce development activities at the regional level with the county workforce profiles. Wisconsin has seen great change in its economic recovery following the pandemic. The state’s monthly unemployment rate hit an all-time low, while the number of employed reached an all-time high. For the 12-month period ending in July, Wisconsin has added 40,100 private-sector jobs and

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On President Biden’s signing of the Inflation Reduction Act, Main Street Alliance/Main Street Action Executive Director Chanda Causer had this to say: “The decision by the Biden Administration to extend the moratorium on payments will help our small businesses continue to recover from the economic toll of the pandemic. Student debt limits economic opportunity, especially for small business owners and entrepreneurs. “To start or grow a small business, people need access to capital. Debt of any kind limits the amount of cash available to self-finance a start-up or growth venture, and it affects credit scores, making it harder to secure

Madison – In the wake of six domestic violence homicides over the span of just two weeks this summer in Milwaukee, many are left in mourning and questioning how to address this crisis. End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin: The Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence (End Abuse) points out patterns highlighted by these homicides and offers insight for homicide prevention ahead of the September release of their Annual Domestic Violence Homicide Report. “We hear about homicides in the media,” said End Abuse Executive Director Monique Minkens, “but there are many survivors experiencing extreme levels of violence that can lead up to homicide, whose

Washington, D.C.—Today, the States United Democracy Center, Protect Democracy, and Law Forward released an August update and trend analysis to the 2022 volume of their report A Democracy Crisis in the Making: How State Legislatures are Politicizing, Criminalizing, and Interfering with Elections, which analyzes the nationwide trend of partisan state legislatures considering laws that increase the risk of election subversion. With most state legislative sessions closed for the year, the August update identifies at least 244 bills in 33 states that would interfere with nonpartisan election administration, with 24 of these bills becoming law or being adopted this year. This

[MADISON, WI] – The Marsy’s Law for Wisconsin team is partnering with the Winnebago County District Attorney’s Office and the Wisconsin Department of Justice to conduct a “mapping exercise” on how Wisconsin’s constitutional amendment regarding crime victims’ rights, known as Marsy’s Law, directly impacts the criminal justice process for survivors. The group will literally map the path of the victim through the criminal justice process from the time a call is made to law enforcement through post-sentencing proceedings. This exercise will look at who victims interact with at each “touch point” of the criminal justice process to better understand and

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced the city of Thorp is an applicant for funding through the Safe Drinking Water Loan Program (SDWLP) to improve its public drinking water system. The project includes the replacement of watermains on Church and School Streets in the city of Thorp. Activities related to this project are minor actions under Chapter NR 150, Wis. Admin. Code, for which no environmental analysis is required; however, following the Safe Drinking Water Loan Program federal requirement 40 C.F.R. §35.3580, an environmental review must be conducted before funding this project. The Safe Drinking Water

OSHKOSH – On Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), ranking member of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, sent a letter to Department of Justice Inspector General (DOJ IG) Michael Horowitz revealing new whistleblower allegations relating to the FBI’s handling of Hunter Biden’s laptop.  The senator wrote, “Recently, my office heard from individuals with knowledge of the FBI’s apparent corruption.  After the FBI obtained the Hunter Biden laptop from the Wilmington, DE computer shop, these whistleblowers stated that local FBI leadership told employees, ‘you will not look at that Hunter Biden laptop’ and that the FBI is ‘not going to change the

MILWAUKEE — A federal judge has rejected a motion by the Milwaukee Police Department that sought to dismiss a case brought by two Milwaukee residents who asserted that their First and Fourth Amendment rights were violated by the police after the two were arrested following peaceful protest and mourning at the memorial site of Sylville Smith in 2016. Jarrett English and a second plaintiff, represented by the ACLU of Wisconsin and cooperating attorney A. Steven Porter, were arrested on August 30, 2016, after Milwaukee Police shut down a gathering of people who had been mourning and protesting the fatal police