MADISON — A statue honoring Vel Phillips, the state's first Black statewide elected official, will be unveiled in June after a four-year effort by elected officials, community leaders and the civil ...

A statue of Vel Phillips stands at the corner of Main and Carroll streets in Madison — the only statue of a Black woman on any United States Capitol grounds.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — About 1,000 people are expected at a gala event this weekend as Wisconsin finally honors a person of color with a statue at its state Capitol. Workers lowered the shrouded statue ...

The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday ruled that Democratic presidential candidate Dean Phillips’s name will appear on the state’s April 2 primary ballot, after he claimed he was unlawfully excluded.

The Wisconsin Legislative Black Caucus celebrated Tuesday what would’ve been Vel Phillips’ 101st birthday at the Wisconsin State Capitol’s Assembly Parlor. Vel Phillips was a pioneer in many ways— the ...

MADISON, Wis. -- Wisconsin civil rights trailblazer Vel Phillips is now memorialized on the steps of the Wisconsin State Capitol. The bronze statue of Phillips was installed on Tuesday and will be ...

PHILLIPS, Wis (WJFW) ­­— Spaghetti Joe’s Pasta House opened in Phillips at the beginning of February. While the owners of the ...

MADISON (WKOW) — A new bill proposes honoring February 18 as a special observance day for Vel Phillips in Wisconsin schools. The Wisconsin Legislative Black Caucus introduced the bill in a news ...

The Wisconsin Supreme Court ordered election officials to include presidential hopeful Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) on the state’s Democratic primary ballot Friday. The unanimous ruling claimed ...

Democratic presidential primary candidate Dean Phillips celebrated a Wisconsin Supreme Court order to let him on the Badger State’s Democratic primary ballot Friday. “Thank goodness democracy is being ...