This week’s Weekly Radio Addresses from Wisconsin’s Capitol are about infrastructure investments and Lincoln Hills. These addresses are available for Wisconsin broadcasters to use as they see fit. Here are the summaries from WisPolitics:
— In this week’s , Gov. Tony Evers touts the Biden-Harris administration’s infrastructure investments in Wisconsin.
Evers says more than 7,400 miles of roads and 1,780 bridges statewide have been repaired since 2019.
“Wisconsinites could drive from La Crosse to Key West, Florida, and back twice on the number of miles of roads we’ve fixed. And with the help of President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the support of the entire Biden-Harris administration, we’re not slowing down any time soon,” Evers says, noting the more than $200 million in federal funding he announced last week for local road and bridge improvements.
“Thanks to the Biden-Harris Administration’s investing in America agenda, Wisconsin is seeing historic investments in improving our infrastructure,” Evers adds.
He says from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Alone, $6 billion has been announced for Wisconsin for more than 500 specific projects.
— In this week’s , state Sen. Van Wanggaard says attacks at Lincoln Hills youth prison have “skyrocketed.”
The Racine Republican notes the death of youth counselor Corey Proulx, who died after he was attacked by an offender at Lincoln Hills. He argues that since a consent decree restricting staff disciplinary practices went into effect, “the Department of Corrections has lost control of Lincoln Hills.”
“Conditions at Lincoln Hills have gotten worse, not better. The consent decree has created an environment where kids have less structure and discipline, allowing them to act out with little or no consequences,” Wanggaard says. “Kids at Lincoln Hills feel unsafe and many are being charged with more crimes while in custody, requiring them to remain in custody even longer.”
Wanggaard says Republicans sent a letter asking the Department of Corrections to modify the decree and criticizes Evers for shooting down their concerns. “But something needs to change, otherwise the state will continue to fail its staff and its troubled youth,” Wanggaard says.
Find the archive of weekly addresses, organized by the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association, by going to: http://www.wi-broadcasters.org/for-the-public/weekly-addresses-archive/
