Month: February 2014

The Assembly Committee on Children and Families voted 7-1 Wednesday to advance the bipartisan legislation allowing a physician or pharmacy to dispense cannabidiol extract oil, a non-psychoactive component of marijuana, for treating seizure disorders. (WHN, 2/27)

Steve Schultze and Meg Kissinger of the Journal Sentinel report: "Instructions from Scott Walker's campaign manager were explicit: Delay settlement of a long-standing legal case over the starvation-related death of 26-year-old Cindy Anczak at the Milwaukee County Mental Health Complex. 'Could care less what it is on,' Walker campaign manager Keith Gilkes wrote in an Oct. 22, 2010, email exchange with a Walker aide at the county, referring to the claim's legal basis." (JOURNAL SENTINEL, 2/27)

A bill ordering state regulation of mobile dental units and portable dental equipment passed the Assembly Committee on Public Health and Homeland Security Tuesday by a 6-0 vote. (WHN, 2/26)

One in three Wisconsin third graders are overweight or obese, according to a recent report issued by the Department of Health Services. (WHN, 2/26)

There appears to neither be the time nor the support to move forward with workers' compensation changes this session, Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, confirmed Monday. (WHN, 2/25)

As Wisconsin's provider workforce ages, 15 hospitals in south central Wisconsin will need to hire 967 providers in the next five years, according to a Retirement & Departure Survey released last fall, and presented at a recent board meeting of the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics. (WHN, 2/24)