As Labor Day weekend approaches, Wisconsin State Patrol troopers and inspectors focus on preventing impaired driving as the annual Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign gets underway. The special enforcement and education campaign unifies efforts from law enforcement agencies across the state to stop impaired driving now through September 2,

Today, on the anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act, local leaders and health care providers are fanning out across the battlegrounds to highlight Vice President Harris’ successful work to bring down prescription drug prices and warn voters about Donald Trump’s Project 2025 agenda to spike prescription drug costs. The events

MILWAUKEE (August 16, 2024) — Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) is recommending to the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors to pause the CONNECT 2 Bus Rapid Transit project due to a current lack of funding and ongoing fiscal challenges. The recommendation will be considered by the County Board’s Transportation and Transit Committee

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today announced that Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) Secretary Craig Thompson will be leaving the Evers Administration, effective Sept. 11, 2024, to take a position at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Gov. Evers also announced he is appointing Kristina Boardman to serve as WisDOT secretary, who

Hi. This is Senator Van Wanggaard, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety. In June, a guard, or “youth counselor” as they are called, was killed by an inmate at the Lincoln Hills School. Lincoln Hills is our juvenile prison for kids who have been convicted

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MADISON, WI –Today, the Wisconsin Department of Justice held a press conference at the Risser Justice Center in Madison, Wisconsin celebrating the official implementation of the new Missing Child Alert System, which was created by 2023 Wisconsin Act 272, authored by Representative Shelia Stubbs, Representative John Spiros, Senator LaTonya Johnson,

**Watch the event here** MILWAUKEE, WI – Today, U.S. Representative Gwen Moore joined Protect Our Care Wisconsin to mark the second anniversary of President Biden signing the Inflation Reduction Act into law and highlight the health care benefits Wisconsinites are receiving through this landmark legislation. Thanks to the Biden-Harris administration

ARMY MOUNTAIN WARFARE SCHOOL, Vt. —The Wisconsin Army National Guard’s Spc. Tevin Kenton, a member of Troop C, 1st Squadron, 105th Cavalry Regiment, was among 14 Soldiers representing the best of the National Guard at the national Best Warrior Competition Aug. 4-8 at Ethan Allen Firing Range in Jericho, Vermont. The

KENOSHA — Gov. Tony Evers, together with the Wisconsin Department of Administration (DOA) and the Office of Sustainability and Clean Energy (OSCE), during a visit to Gateway Technical College’s Center for Sustainable Living today, highlighted the release of the second Clean Energy Plan Progress Report. In accordance with Gov. Evers’ Executive Order