Department of Corrections

WEC Mails Postcards to Inactive Voters

Governor’s Interagency Council on Mental Health Seeks Public Input

Council is creating a statewide action plan to improve the mental health of Wisconsinites

Republican Lawmakers Poised to Gut Most Pro-Kid Budget in State History During 2025 the Year of the Kid

Republicans to reject middle-class tax cuts, property tax relief to prevent property tax increases statewide, plans to lower out-of-pocket costs for child care, medication, and household goods, measures to crack down on prescription price gouging and health insurance transparency, investments to improve kids’ reading and literacy outcomes, support for Wisconsin’s farmers and veterans, efforts to get harmful contaminants out of Wisconsinites’ water, statewide plans to improve public safety and keep kids and families safe, and measures to bolster high-need sectors of the workforce, among other key priorities

Illinois Man Sentenced to 16 Years in Federal Prison for Armed Robberies

As Funding is Being Cut, the State Must Step Up

Gov. Evers Announces Historic Capital Budget Projected to Generate Over $7 Billion in Economic Activity and 37,000 Jobs Statewide

Gov. Evers Announces State Building Commission Approves More Than $103 Million in Key Projects Across Wisconsin

Projects approved by Commission include 11 UW System projects, efforts to complete the Milwaukee Crime Lab, and stewardship property development funds

Gov. Evers Announces Comprehensive Corrections Reform Plan, Proposing Some of the Most Significant Facility and Capital Changes in Department of Corrections History

Governor announces sweeping reforms to improve public safety, reduce costs to taxpayers and recidivism, and support corrections staff

Milwaukee County Jail Censorship Enjoined

Rep. Jim Piwowarczyk Calls On Gov. Evers’ To Get Serious About Public Safety

Statement by state Rep. Jim Piwowarczyk (R-Hubertus), the Vice Chair of the Assembly’s Criminal Justice & Public Safety Committee, on Gov. Evers’ State of the State address:

Statement on proposed ICE detention facility in the 9th Aldermanic District

Alderwoman Larresa Taylor January 14, 2025

Rep. Piwowarczyk Slams Gov. Evers for Creating New Wasteful Office of ‘Violence Prevention,’ Rather Than Supporting Cops