The decision by Hospital Sisters Health System and Prevea Health to exit western Wisconsin — which will result in two hospitals and 19 clinics shutting down — shook the region. Since the announcement, healthcare providers and elected officials have taken action. On March 19, 2024, a virtual Wisconsin Health News panel took a deep dive […]
On March 13, 2024, the Governor’s Task Force on the Healthcare Workforce met for the first time. The task force is charged with studying the workforce challenges facing the state’s healthcare system, including recruitment and retention, and creating an action plan with solutions related to workforce development, industry innovation, education, and training for consideration in […]
On March 12, 2024, Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Ben Wikler, State Rep. Lisa Subeck, and Madison Seniors hosted a news conference to address Trump’s promise to cut Social Security and Medicare if elected.
On March 12, 2024, the Wisconsin State Senate held a floor session on the following: SB 172: establishing and operating community reentry centers; SB 374: Wisconsin and Minnesota income tax reciprocity; SB 525: tinting windows on government-owned vehicles; SB 616: a sales tax exemption for road-building equipment; SB 667: domestic asset protection trusts; SB 791: […]
On March 7, 2024, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services hosted a meeting on Wisconsin Medicaid and BadgerCare Plus Non-Emergency Medical Transportation with the Transportation Advisory Council. TAC is comprised of representatives from transportation and healthcare providers and advocacy groups. The TAC serves in an advisory capacity to provide feedback and recommendations for the improvement […]
On March 6, 2024, the Senate Committee on Labor, Regulatory Reform, Veterans and Military Affairs held a public hearing on the following: Senate Bill 1066 / Assembly Bill 1079: employment of direct-care employees by veterans homes, eligibility for burial in veterans cemeteries, and elements of sexual assault under the Wisconsin Code of Military Justice; Senate […]
On March 1, 2024, WisconsinEye’s Rewind Host and CBS 58 Capitol Reporter Emilee Fannon and WisPolitics.com Editor JR Ross review this week in state politics. (Brought to you by the Wisconsin Realtors Association). On this week’s episode: UW Receives Workforce Funding PFAS Funding Battle What Bills Are Dead, Alive? Funding Boost to Hospitals Cost of Redistricting Lawyers U.S. Senate Race: IVF
On March 1, 2024, WisconsinEye’s Rewind Host and CBS 58 Capitol Reporter Emilee Fannon and WisPolitics.com Editor JR Ross review this week in state politics. (Brought to you by the Wisconsin Realtors Association). On this week’s episode: UW Receives Workforce Funding PFAS Funding Battle What Bills Are Dead, Alive? Funding Boost to Hospitals Cost of Redistricting Lawyers U.S. Senate Race: IVF
On February 29, 2024, the Joint Committee on Finance held a Section 13.10 meeting on the following: University of Wisconsin System – Jay Rothman, President: The University of Wisconsin System requests a supplement of $15,940,900 GPR in both fiscal years 2023-24 and 2024-25 from the Committee’s appropriation under s. 20.865(4)(a) to the system’s general program […]
On February 26, 2024, UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health Population Health Sciences held a seminar featuring Alfredo Morabia, Editor and Chief of the American Journal of Public Health speaking on “Public Health Lessons of the Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic.”
On February 21, 2024, the Wisconsin State Assembly concluded their floor session from February 20, 2024. Business included the following: Assembly Bill 917: the sale of counterfeit lighters and unsafe lighters; Assembly Bill 919 / Senate Bill 833: funding for the Nathan and Esther Pelz Holocaust Education Resource Center; Assembly Bill 933: transferring the angel investment tax credit; Assembly Bill 937: incorporating cursive […]
