Drunken driving fight begins again in beer-soaked Wisconsin

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A handful of Wisconsin Republicans are hoping new Democratic Gov. Tony Evers will help them finally criminalize first-offense drunken driving.
Wisconsin is the only state in the nation that doesn’t treat a first offense as a crime. Instead it’s a traffic ticket.
Two Wisconsin Republicans — state Rep. Jim Ott and Sen. Alberta Darling — have introduced a bill that would make a first offense a misdemeanor. Evers says he supports criminalizing a fir