Decker caves on tougher OWI laws

Wisconsin Senate Majority Leader Russ Decker said on Wednesday he is opposed to some proposals to crack down on impaired driving in Wisconsin, including instituting sobriety checkpoints and criminalizing first-offense drunken driving:

Senate Majority Leader Russ Decker said he opposes key elements of legislation under development that would crack down on drunken driving across the [...]

Thoughts on Milwaukee’s murder rate

As reported by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the City of Milwaukee had 71 homicides in 2008, the fewest amount of homicides in Milwaukee since 1985. The 71 homicides represents a 32.4% reduction from 2007, when 105 people were killed in Milwaukee.

Officials were quick to attribute the lower homicide number in part to improved cooperation [...]