On September 9, 2022, Rewind Host and CBS 58 Capitol Reporter Emilee Fannon and WisPolitics.com Editor JR Ross reviewed this week in state politics. On this week’s episode: Opioid Settlement Funds WEC Approves Guidance for Voters with Disabilities Gov. Evers Education Budget Proposal Biden Visits Milwaukee’s Laborfest
On September 8, 2022, the Joint Committee on Finance held a Section 13.10 meeting on the following items: Department of Justice requests the creation of 0.50 FTE GPR permanent position in fiscal year 2022-23 in the department’s general program operations appropriation under s. 20.455(1)(a) for two additional investigators in its Medicaid Fraud Control Unit Department […]
On August 26, 2022, Rewind Host and CBS 58 Capitol Reporter Emilee Fannon and WisPolitics.com Editor JR Ross reviewed this week in state politics. On this week’s episode: Evers Renews Calls to Cut Taxes Kenosha Remains Epicenter for Wisconsin Politics GOP Seeks to Dismiss Abortion Lawsuit Opioid Funds in Limbo Lawsuit: Public Defenders
On August 26, 2022, Rewind Host and CBS 58 Capitol Reporter Emilee Fannon and WisPolitics.com Editor JR Ross reviewed this week in state politics. On this week’s episode: Evers Renews Calls to Cut Taxes Kenosha Remains Epicenter for Wisconsin Politics GOP Seeks to Dismiss Abortion Lawsuit Opioid Funds in Limbo Lawsuit: Public Defenders
On August 24, 2022, Attorney General Josh Kaul, DHS Secretary Karen Timberlake, Dane County Sheriff Kalvin Barrett and Senator Jon Erpenbach addressed the Joint Finance Committee delay in distributing critical opioid settlement relief funds.
On August 17, 2022, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services held a news conference regarding their Fentanyl public health advisory. DHS has issued a public health advisory to inform state residents about the risks of drugs laced with fentanyl. The synthetic substance is responsible for a dramatic increase in overdose deaths in the state. Speakers: Dr. Jasmine Zapata, Chief […]
On August 8, 2022, now that Wisconsin has received the first opioid settlement payment, DHS and DOJ outlined a proposal to invest funds in strategies supporting harm reduction, capital projects, funding for tribal nations, data collection and surveillance, prevention, treatment, and recovery. Speakers: DHS Secretary-designee Karen Timberlake Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul DHS Director of […]
On June 14, 2022, Wisconsin Health News hosted a panel conversation on the opioid crisis, where panelists dug into the issues around drug overdose death in Wisconsin. They discussed issues related to state and local governments seeing hundreds of millions of dollars through settlements with drugmakers, distributors and others over their alleged role in fueling […]
On June 3, 2022, APALD Wisconsin Rally was joined by nearly 40+ supporting groups and organizations nationally to hold peaceful rallies as a CALL TO ALL in over 35 cities across America at the same time and day. It is the hope of APALD to gain awareness in attempts to save lives and to rally […]
On April 27, 2022, Wisconsin Voices for Recovery hosted their Stand Up For Recovery Ceremony. This event celebrated effective recovery programs and work to address current unmet needs of those suffering from substance use disorder. Agenda: 12:00- 12:10 pm | Paul Krupski 12:10-12:17 pm | John Nygren 12:17-12:24 pm | Speaker Rep. Jon Plumer 12:24-12:31 […]
On March 21, 2022, Newsmakers Host Lisa Pugh sat down with Paul Krupski, Wisconsin’s Director of Opioid Initiatives, to discuss how the state is tackling the opioid crisis. Wisconsin begins receiving its share of $26 billion in national opioid settlement payments on April 2. Meanwhile opioid overdose deaths continue to rise. The most recent CDC data […]
