Republican Lawmakers Look For Help From Governor On Criminalizing 1st Drunk Driving Offense

A number of Wisconsin Republicans are hoping they can get new Democratic Governor Tony Evers to help them criminalize first-offense drunk driving. Wisconsin is the only state in the nation that doesn’t treat the first offense as a crime. Instead, it’s a traffic ticket. Two Wisconsin Republicans — state Representative Jim Ott and Senator Alberta Darling — have introduced a bill that would make the first offense a misdemeanor. Evers says he supports criminalizing the first offense