On July 10, 2025, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services’ Council on Mental Health Legislative and Policy Committee met on the following agenda: 1. Call the LPC Meeting to Order 2. LPC Housekeeping Review and approve June 12, 2025, meeting minutes Announcements: opportunity for committee members to make general announcements Updates from the advocates meeting […]
On July 1, 2025, the Joint Committee on Finance met in executive session on the 2025-27 biennial budget to take action the following sections of the budget: University of Wisconsin System University of Wisconsin System — Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Building Commission Building Program Program Supplements Compensation Reserves Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board Children and […]
On June 18, 2025, the Wisconsin State Senate held a floor session on the following: SB 10: access to public high schools for military recruiters; SB 41: school safety grants and making an appropriation; SB 94: civil action for injury or damages resulting from riot or vandalism, participation in a riot, prohibiting certain limitations or restrictions […]
On June 10, 2025, Committees on Mental Health and Substance Abuse Prevention met on the following: 10 AM Assembly Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse Prevention executive session on Assembly Bill 260 Relating to: a pilot school-centered mental health program. 10:15 AM Assembly Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse Prevention and Senate Committee […]
On May 27, 2025, the Assembly Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse Prevention and Senate Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families held a joint public hearing on the following: Assembly Bill 111 / Senate Bill 106 Relating to: psychiatric residential treatment facilities, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and […]
Advocates for people with disabilities, older adults and the providers who support them in Wisconsin are watching the latest actions in Washington closely, saying the places Congress and the Trump Administration are looking for government savings will have a serious impact. On February 17, 2025, WisconsinEye’s Newsmakers welcomed Tami Jackson, Public Policy Analyst with the […]
Advocates for people with disabilities, older adults and the providers who support them in Wisconsin are watching the latest actions in Washington closely, saying the places Congress and the Trump Administration are looking for government savings will have a serious impact. On February 17, 2025, WisconsinEye’s Newsmakers welcomed Tami Jackson, Public Policy Analyst with the […]
In January, Marshfield Clinic Health System joined South Dakota-based Sanford Health, creating a seven-state health system comprising 56 hospitals, 4,500 providers and two health plans. At a Wisconsin Health News Newsmaker Event on February 11, 2025, Sanford Health CEO Bill Gassen and Dr. Brian Hoerneman, CEO of the Marshfield Clinic Region for Sanford Health, discussed […]
On February 3, 2025, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin toured the Wisconsin Opioid Overdose Response Center at UW-Madison, and hear how the federal funding she secured is helping combat the fentanyl crisis across Wisconsin and speak to members of the media.
A WisPolitics–WisBusiness Health Care Report virtual luncheon on January 15, 2025 explores how policymakers and the health care community can improve youth mental health this year. Panelists include: Maureen Busalacchi, director of the Division of Alcohol Policy Prevention and Research at the Medical College of Wisconsin and current president of the Wisconsin Public Health Association […]
On December 20, 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: School Safety Debate Legislative Priorities in 2025 Funding for Building Projects in Limbo GOP Electors Certify Trump’s Win AG Kaul to Challenge Trump Administration WisPolitics Stock Picks
