Category Archives: State News
Governor Calls Special Session To Focus On $3.8B Budget Surplus
The governor wants to cut you a check for 150 dollars. Republican lawmakers are thinking of tax cuts. At the center of the discussion is what to do with an estimated $3.8 billion budget surplus. Gover...
Feb 17, 2022 Governor Tony Evers Official Portrait
Beloit Police Search For 33-Year-Old Shooting Suspect
Beloit police are asking the public to help them find 33-year-old shooting suspect Markis Crenshaw. Investigators were able to identify Crenshaw as the man who wounded another man last week. The victi...
Feb 17, 2022
Grants Bolster Wisconsin Telemedicine Services
The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin funded 16 grants, totaling around $1 million, that aim to help grow telemedicine services in Wisconsin. As new life was breathed into distance health care si...
Feb 16, 2022
Smoke-Filled Room At Wisconsin Capitol Building - Not Like Old Days
There was a smoke-filled room at the Wisconsin Capitol building Tuesday, but this wasn't a bunch of politicians puffing on cigars while negotiating bills. Capitol police evacuated the building after f...
Feb 16, 2022
Bogged Down By Thousands Of Cases Milwaukee County Considers Holding Night Court
With a backlog of 17-hundred criminal cases and another three-thousand misdemeanor cases, Milwaukee County Court officials might start holding night court. The pandemic made the situation worse. In ad...
Feb 16, 2022 CC / depositphotos
Local Representatives React to Governor Evers' State of the State Address
Governor Tony Evers addressed the State of Wisconsin last night during his State of the State address, and local representatives in State Government have responded. Governor Evers explained that the s...
Feb 16, 2022
Madison Police Officer Who Accidentally Shot Colleague Won't Be Charged
The Dane County District Attorney's Office has determined that a Madison police officer who accidentally shot another officer won't be charged. The incident happened during an arrest on November 8th. ...
Feb 16, 2022
Poll Workers, Voters Report No Big Issues On Primary Election Day
Poll workers and voters are reporting no big issues on Wisconsin's primary election day. No statewide offices were on the ballot. The Milwaukee Election Commission's executive director estimated about...
Feb 16, 2022
Dane County Mask Mandate To End In Two Weeks
Officials would like people to continue to wear masks in confined spaces, but the Dane County mask mandate is going to end on March 1st. A spokesperson for Public Health Madison and Dane County says h...
Feb 15, 2022 CC Mika Baumeister
Dane County Deputy Fired After Shooting At Suspect Accused Of Attacking Her
A Dane County deputy who shot at a suspect accused of attacking her lost her job a month later. 30-year-old Deputy Sara Bortz-Rodriguez was fired on November 17th. She had reported firing the shot aft...
Feb 15, 2022 Row of police cars, with blue and red flashing sirens. selective focus
