Risser honored for service, commitment in state Senate

Out of Wisconsin�s 33 state senators, Fred Risser gets first pick�first choice of office in the minority party and even where he parks his car at the Capitol. But Risser has earned it, serving his 49th year in the state Legislature. At 78, he is both Wisconsin�s and the United States� longest-serving state lawmaker, in office for almost one-third of Madison�s history.