LA CROSSE, Wis. (WEAU) - Governor Tony Evers made a stop to the Coulee Region today highlighting the newly created Office of Violence Prevention. The governor established the office through an executive order on Tuesday, along with directing $10 million in federal funding for it.

Gov. Tony Evers signed an executive order Tuesday to create the Wisconsin Office of Violence Prevention in response to the December shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison where a teacher and a student died and six others were injured.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers’ announcement that he plans to start an Office of Violence Prevention was met with plenty of Republican criticism that the office was

Gov. Tony Evers is creating a new statewide office aimed at curbing gun violence in the wake of a deadly school shooting in Madison.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers on Tuesday signed an executive order to establish a new statewide Office of Violence Prevention.

Gov. Tony Evers signed an executive order establishing the Wisconsin Office of Violence Prevention Tuesday, Jan. 14. The order came approximately a month after the Abundant Life Christian School shooting where three were killed,

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers signed a new executive order Tuesday aimed at supporting gun violence prevention efforts statewide.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers signed an executive order to create the Wisconsin Office of Violence Prevention on Tuesday morning. Evers said he will send $10 million in federal funding to start the office and then include the office in his 2025-27 budget proposal.