You have permission to edit this article.MADISON (WKOW) -- In a media gaggle Thursday, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said that the Assembly will not take up a resolution to end the mask mandate.Vos added that he wants to ensure that any resolution passed does not have any negative financial impact. This decision comes after the that an emergency order would jeopardize more than $49 million in federal food assistance for nearly 243,000 households in Wisconsin.A.J. Bayatpour, from a News 9 Affilate, News 27 reports;A COVID-19 package Congress passed last year gave states additional funding for...…You have permission to edit this article.MADISON (WKOW) -- In a media gaggle Thursday, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said that the Assembly will not take up a resolution to end the mask mandate.Vos added that he wants to ensure that any resolution passed does not have any negative financial impact. This decision comes after the that an emergency order would jeopardize more than $49 million in federal food assistance for nearly 243,000 households in Wisconsin.A.J. Bayatpour, from a News 9 Affilate, News 27 reports;A COVID-19 package Congress passed last year gave states additional funding for...WW…

You have permission to edit this article.MADISON (WKOW) -- Madison police said they have arrested a man who they said was intoxicated when he drove his car up the exterior steps of the Wisconsin State Capitol building Sunday morning.It happened just after midnight Sunday. Police got on scene and said witnesses informed them that Willie Burks, 44, had driven up the steps and around the exterior landing platform of the Capitol building.Police said he eventually parked his vehicle after driving against traffic.Burks was arrested on several charges including 3rd offense OMVWI. He was taken to...…You have permission to edit this article.MADISON (WKOW) -- Madison police said they have arrested a man who they said was intoxicated when he drove his car up the exterior steps of the Wisconsin State Capitol building Sunday morning.It happened just after midnight Sunday. Police got on scene and said witnesses informed them that Willie Burks, 44, had driven up the steps and around the exterior landing platform of the Capitol building.Police said he eventually parked his vehicle after driving against traffic.Burks was arrested on several charges including 3rd offense OMVWI. He was taken to...WW…

You have permission to edit this article.(WKOW) -- President Donald Trump is returning to the Badger State on Thursday.The President will start his visit at Fincantieri Marinette Marine, where he'll tour the shipyard and give a speech. He plans to tout his economic record and announce 1,000 new jobs in the Wisconsin.After narrowly winning Wisconsin in 2016, his campaign said they are not taking the state for granted." This is a state we do not take lightly and we will fight for every single vote in the Badger State," said Erin Perrine, Director of Communications for the Trump campaign. "We...…You have permission to edit this article.(WKOW) -- President Donald Trump is returning to the Badger State on Thursday.The President will start his visit at Fincantieri Marinette Marine, where he'll tour the shipyard and give a speech. He plans to tout his economic record and announce 1,000 new jobs in the Wisconsin.After narrowly winning Wisconsin in 2016, his campaign said they are not taking the state for granted." This is a state we do not take lightly and we will fight for every single vote in the Badger State," said Erin Perrine, Director of Communications for the Trump campaign. "We...WW…

MADISON (WKOW) -- Protesters pulled down the Forward statue that normally stands outside the State Capitol and left it lying in the middle of the road.Demonstrators had been marching around downtown Madison, frustrated after the earlier in the day.The same group also tore down the Col. Hans Christian Heg statue a short time later. The group then went on to throw the statue into Lake Monona. Heg fought for the Union during the Civil War and was a stark opponent of slavery during that time.Glass of the Tommy Thompson Center on W. Washington Avenue was also smashed out a short time...…MADISON (WKOW) -- Protesters pulled down the Forward statue that normally stands outside the State Capitol and left it lying in the middle of the road.Demonstrators had been marching around downtown Madison, frustrated after the earlier in the day.The same group also tore down the Col. Hans Christian Heg statue a short time later. The group then went on to throw the statue into Lake Monona. Heg fought for the Union during the Civil War and was a stark opponent of slavery during that time.Glass of the Tommy Thompson Center on W. Washington Avenue was also smashed out a short time...WW…