On May 17, 2019, WisconsinEye Senior Producer Steve Walters and WisPolitics.com Editor JR Ross reviewed this week in state politics in the WisconsinEye Studios in Madison, WI. On this week’s episode: Justices Hear “Lame Duck” Session Challenge Revised Estimate: +$753 million in State Tax Collection Finance OKs Tech College, Clean Water Funds Assembly Sends Senate […]
On May 16, 2019, Attorney General Josh Kaul, joined by Governor Tony Evers, made a major announcement regarding the opioid epidemic. Wisconsin has filed suit against two Purdue Pharma entities – Purdue Pharma LP and Purdue Pharma Inc., as well as Richard S. Sackler, for conduct that the Wisconsin is alleging as deceptive market practices, […]
On May 8, 2019, Citizen Action of Wisconsin, State Representatives Chris Taylor (D-Madison), Melissa Sargent (D-Madison) and Senator Jeff Smith (D-Brunswick) released a report documenting that expanding Medicaid would reduce financial barriers to accessing critical anti-opioid medications for working Wisconsinites. The news conference took place in the Senate Parlor at the Wisconsin State Capitol in […]
On April 17, 2019, the Assembly Committee on Health and the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services held a public hearing in 412 East at the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison, WI. Public Hearing: Assembly Agenda Senate Agenda
On April 3, 2019, Wisconsin Voices for Recovery and partners co-hosted a Recovery Alignment Day to bring together stakeholders from around the stage to align together to support substance recovery services in Wisconsin. This event took place in 425 Southwest at the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison, WI. Event Info
The increased incidences of heroin, opioid and methamphetamine use across the state are having negative consequences on the state’s most vulnerable citizens – young children. County human services departments across the state are seeing staggering increases in out-of-home placement costs as parents struggling with addiction are unable to safely care for their children. Social workers […]
On November 27, 2018, Wisconsin Technology Council will host an Innovation Network Luncheon discussing how technology can fight the opiate addiction crisis at the Sheraton Hotel in Madison, WI. Event Info
On July 13, 2018, the Governor's Opioid Task Force met in the state Capitol in Madison, WI.
In a March 25 Newsmakers interview, Corrections Secretary Gary Hamblin said 98% of the more than 21,000 inmates in Wisconsin’s prisons will eventually be released, so state programs that help inmates deal with their alcohol and drug abuse problems are important. A former Dane County sheriff, Hamblin defended the agency’s plan to close two juveniles […]
In a March 25 Newsmakers interview, Corrections Secretary Gary Hamblin said 98% of the more than 21,000 inmates in Wisconsin’s prisons will eventually be released, so state programs that help inmates deal with their alcohol and drug abuse problems are important. A former Dane County sheriff, Hamblin defended the agency’s plan to close two juveniles […]
Tom Farley, Jr. spoke to an audience at the Verona Public Library on May 21, 2008 to talk about his book, "The Chris Farley Show: A Biography in Three Acts". Tom Farley, Jr. is also the president of the Chris Farley Foundation.