In honor of Black History Month, 16 WAPT News is recognizing important figures in Mississippi's history, including Medgar ...

Civil rights champions have diverse college journeys. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. may be the most recognized civil rights leader in U.S. history, but across many decades, numerous Black activists ...

Her career began in 1954 as national staff field secretary and she’s worked alongside prominent civil rights and NAACP ...

"If we are to go forward, we must go back and rediscover those precious values — that all reality hinges on moral foundations ...

MADISON - Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers took aim at newly inaugurated President Donald Trump in a statewide address Wednesday, just days after the Republican president declared a national emergency ...

CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (WSAW) - Gov. Tony Evers, along with Wisconsin DOT Secretary Kristina Boardman, and Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC) Commissioner Kristy Nieto, visited a Kwik Trip ...

MADISON, Wis. (OFFICE OF GOVERNOR TONY EVERS PRESS RELEASE) - Gov. Evers, together with Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance (OCI) Commissioner Nathan Houdek, today announced that ...

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers as announced in his 2025 State of the State address, kicked off 2025 the Year of the Kid by approving a new emergency rule to combat lead poisoning statewide and directing ...

Democratic Gov. Tony Evers faced new political headwinds when he gave his seventh State of the State message last week. First, there was the uncertainty of what the new administration of President ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers waves as he’s introduced at the annual State of the State address Wednesday, Jan ...