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 […]
On February 20, 2024, the Wisconsin State Senate held a floor session on the following: Senate Bill 187: local government review of commercial building plans; Senate Bill 462: crisis urgent care and observation facilities; Senate Bill 789: fees for redacting certain records of law enforcement agencies; Senate Bill 11: expanding the treatment alternatives and diversion […]
On February 15, 2024, the Senate Committee on Licensing, Constitution and Federalism held an executive session and a public hearing on the following: Executive Session: Bouche, Mary Of Green Bay, as a Public Member on the Board on Aging and Long Term Care, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2028; Donovan, Amber Of […]
On February 14, 2024, the Senate Committee on Health will held a public hearing on the following: Mortara, Dr. Justin Of Milwaukee, as a Public Member on the Board of Trustees of the Medical College of Wisconsin, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2029; McNally, Patrick J. Of Elm Grove, as a Registered […]
On February 14, 2024, the Assembly Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care held a public hearing and executive session on the following: Public Hearing: Assembly Bill 1077: transfer from the state building trust fund to the general fund, funding for grants to support hospital emergency department services, and making an appropriation; Assembly Bill 1078: […]
Kirsten Johnson has led the Department of Health Services for nearly a year. Before that she was the head of the Milwaukee Health Department and she also oversaw the Washington Ozaukee Public Health Department. On February 13, 2024, Wisconsin Health News hosted a Newsmaker Event in Madison featuring Johnson outlining her priorities at DHS, provide […]
On February 13, 2024 the Wisconsin State Senate held a floor session on the following: Senate Bill 158. preliminary health care credentials granted to previously unlicensed individuals; Senate Bill 174: requiring use of the electronic system of vital records for medical certifications of death; Senate Bill 58: nitrate contamination and the well compensation grant program; Senate Bill […]
On February 5, 2024, the Assembly Committee on State Affairs held an executive session and a public hearing on the following: Executive Session: Assembly Bill 561: tinting windows on government-owned vehicles Assembly Bill 837: fees for redacting certain records of law enforcement agencies Public Hearing: Assembly Bill 27: the Uniform Unsworn Declarations Act Assembly Bill […]
On February 7, 2024, the Assembly Committee on Education held an executive session and a public hearing on the following: Executive Session: Assembly Bill 450: ready-to-use glucagon rescue therapies in schools Assembly Bill 640: a license to teach based on working as a paraprofessional in a school district Assembly Bill 1005: student teaching requirement for […]
