Category: Elections

Voters prioritize health insurance costs

by Sean Kirkby | Aug 28, 2024 | Elections, Top Stories | 0 |

A plurality of Wisconsin voters chose tackling health insurance costs as their top healthcare policy priority, according to poll results released by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network on Tuesday.

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Panel weighs in on workforce challenges, state budget

by Sean Kirkby | Aug 11, 2023 | Abortion, Behavioral Health, Education, Elections, Hospitals, Infrastructure, Insurance, Jobs, Legislature, Medicaid/Medicare, On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |

The 2023-25 state budget includes a slew of healthcare and long-term care investments, but lawmakers left out key planks of Gov. Tony Evers' original proposal.

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Lt. Gov. Rodriguez launches health-focused PAC

by Sean Kirkby | Aug 7, 2023 | Elections, Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories | 0 |

Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez launched a political action committee last week that will support legislative candidates who are seeking to boost healthcare access, support Medicaid expansion and have experience in health and science industries.

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Local government funding bill heads to Evers

by Sean Kirkby | Jun 15, 2023 | Elections, Jobs, Legislature, Public Health, Rural Health, Top Stories, Workforce | 0 |

A plan boosting aid for local governments, while curtailing the power of public health officials to respond to disease outbreaks, is heading to Gov. Tony Evers' desk.

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Totoraitis confirmed as Milwaukee health commissioner

by Sean Kirkby | May 10, 2023 | DHS, Elections, Facilities, Hospitals, Jobs, Top Stories | 0 |

The Milwaukee Common Council on Tuesday confirmed Michael Totoraitis as the city’s health commissioner.

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Milwaukee health commissioner nominee sails through hearing

by Sean Kirkby | Apr 28, 2023 | Elections, Jobs, Public Health, Top Stories, Workforce | 0 |

Michael Totoraitis, Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson’s pick to run the city’s health department, sailed through a Thursday Common Council committee hearing on his nomination.

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Protasiewicz prevails in Supreme Court race

by Sean Kirkby | Apr 5, 2023 | Abortion, Elections, Population Health, Reproductive Health, State budget, Top Stories | 0 |

Wisconsinites elected Milwaukee County Judge Janet Protasiewicz to the state's Supreme Court Tuesday, tilting the body’s balance to the left as a challenge to the state’s criminal abortion ban moves forward.

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Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates spar on abortion

by Sean Kirkby | Mar 22, 2023 | Abortion, Elections, Legislature, Top Stories | 0 |

The two candidates vying for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court sparred over how their opponent would rule on a case that could overturn the state’s criminal abortion ban during a Tuesday debate.

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