The Wisconsin National Guard says 500 of its members are now in the Washington, D.C. area. They're part of roughly 25,000 Guard troops from around the U.S. scheduled to provide safety at this week's inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden. Some members of Congress have raised questions about whether Guard members in D.C. should be screened for their political beliefs, when the nation is so divided just two weeks after pro-Trump extremists attacked the U.S. Capitol. Wisconsin National Guard

At the beginning of January, the Kenosha County district attorney announced that he would not criminally charge Officer Rusten Sheskey , who shot Jacob Blake in the back multiple times while responding to a domestic violence complaint. Blake was paralyzed from the waist down. The DA said Sheskey’s use of force was acceptable under the circumstances, and that Skeskey had a valid self-defense claim that would prevent the DA from prevailing at trial. Racial justice activists say the decision wasn’t

The number of people getting tested for COVID-19 in Milwaukee County continues to be lower than health officials would like. They’re urging residents to take advantage of testing capacity. During a media update Thursday, Darren Rausch, director of the City of Greenfield Health Department, said data trends are showing continued increases in cases county wide in the most recent weeks. Yet, he said, testing is still lower than expected. "We’re averaging probably about 25,000 tests a week for the

The non-partisan state panel charged with drawing fair, impartial election maps for Wisconsin legislative and Congressional districts this year turned its focus to the 4th Congressional District in Milwaukee County Thursday night. The People's Maps Commission heard from local attorneys and leaders of the Hmong and the Oneida Nation communities, who argued past gerrymandering has hurt low-income and non-white citizens. In testimony from the general public, Angela Lang of Black Leaders Organizing

Wisconsin's newest member of Congress — Rep. Scott Fitzgerald — joined the rest of the state's Republican House members Wednesday in a failed attempt to prevent the impeachment of President Donald Trump. It was the latest in a series of controversial votes by Fitzgerald, a former state Senator, who has only served in Congress about ten days after being elected in the suburban 5th Congressional District in November. He replaced retiring Republican Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner. Fitzgerald's home office

The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives voted Thursday to impeach Republican President Donald Trump for the second time during his term. The vote was 232-197, with Wisconsin’s delegation voting along party lines. The articles of impeachment charge Trump with inciting a riot inside the U.S. Capitol, in which five people died. Several members of Wisconsin’s delegation spoke during the debate, including Democratic Congresswoman Gwen Moore of Milwaukee. She recounted the terror she felt

Tuesday night, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers delivered his state of the state speech virtually — a first in state history. He called on the Legislature to address problems exposed by the coronavirus pandemic, like updating Wisconsin's unemployment system and expanding broadband access. Evers’ speech was pre-recorded and broadcast online without the typical audience, fanfare and applause. He described the last year as an unrelenting one, with challenges no one would have believed and obstacles that

One Milwaukee-area university is clearing the way for some of its students to help with Wisconsin’s massive COVID-19 vaccination effort. Concordia University in Mequon offered a special immunization class for its first and second-year pharmacy students earlier this month. The students normally wouldn’t learn how to administer vaccines until spring of their second year in the program, but now they can be called upon to give COVID shots as soon as they’re needed. First-year Concordia pharmacy

Update 3:26 p.m. After little floor discussion, the full Wisconsin Senate has approved the bill and Governor Evers has announced he will sign the bill. READ: Wisconsin Senate Approves COVID-19 Relief Package, Gov. Evers Says He Will Sign It State leaders seem to be falling over one another, trying to enact COVID-19 relief legislation. The Legislature passed the first, and only, coronavirus bill in April. Many of its provisions are timing out, as the pandemic continues to pummel Wisconsin. But

On Tuesday morning, the Wisconsin Center in downtown Milwaukee opened as a COVID-19 vaccination site for some city of Milwaukee firefighters, emergency medical service employees and city health department workers. These people are in what's known as the phase 1a category of vaccine recipients. City officials emphasize the general public is not yet welcome at the Wisconsin Center site. The health department's Nick Tomaro is helping run the vaccination effort. He says the center is a controlled