Category Archives: State News
Evers Wants Lawmakers To Update Unemployment Payment System, Expand Broadband
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers has called on lawmakers to update the state's unemployment payment system and expand broadband access. The Democratic governor made those requests while delivering his an...
Jan 13, 2021 Governor Tony Evers Official Portrait
Assembly Leader Says COVID-19 Relief Bill “Falls Short Of The Needs”
The majority leader of the Wisconsin Assembly says the COVID-19 relief bill passed by the Senate "falls short of the needs" of state residents. Republican Jim Steineke released that statement Tuesday....
Jan 13, 2021 sergio santos / CC
Milwaukee Gets Green Light To Begin Vaccinating Employees At Wisconsin Center
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett says he's hopeful his city will soon be able to vaccinate a thousand people-a-day. The city just got the green light to begin vaccinating those employees at the Wisconsin C...
Jan 12, 2021
Family Identifies 13-Year-Old Milwaukee Girl Shot To Death Last Weekend
The family has identified a 13-year-old girl shot to death around 6:45 AM last Saturday as Navaeha Ware. The teen was killed while riding inside a car Saturday morning. Friends of the family say this ...
Jan 12, 2021
Virtual Learning Doesn’t Come Cheap -- $1.4M For Monroe School District
Officials with the Monroe School District say they are spending $6,000-a-month on hot spots for their students alone. Virtual learning doesn't come cheap during the coronavirus pandemic. The district ...
Jan 12, 2021 Nenad Stojkovic / CC
Governor To Deliver Virtual 2021 State Of The State Address
Governor Tony Evers will break with tradition and deliver a virtual State of the State address tonight (Tuesday) at 7:00 p-m. Wisconsin governors normally give the State of the State and the budget ad...
Jan 12, 2021 Governor Tony Evers Official Portrait
FBI Warns About Plans For Armed Protests At All 50 State Capitols
The F-B-I is warning of plans for armed protests at all 50 state capitols and in Washington, D-C, prior to the inauguration of Democrat Joe Biden. Federal investigators are saying the protests are mos...
Jan 12, 2021
Blake Family Calls For Kenosha Police Officer’s Firing
The family of Jacob Blake and its supporters are calling for the firing of Kenosha Police Officer Rusten Sheskey. A group of marchers circled the Kenosha Municipal Building Monday after holding a news...
Jan 12, 2021
COVID-19 Relief Bill Goes Before Full Senate
The latest version of a COVID-19 relief bill goes before the full Wisconsin Senate today (Tuesday). The new legislation serves as something of a compromise between the bill Democratic Governor Tony Ev...
Jan 12, 2021 sergio santos / CC
State Patrol Trooper, Citizen Work Together To Save 15-Year-Old Girl From Fall
The Marathon County Sheriff's Office is investigating an incident where a 15-year-old girl had to be rescued from a bridge over the Rib River. A Wisconsin State Patrol trooper saw the girl hanging ont...
Jan 11, 2021
