Category: Legislature

GOP bill would allow abortion in cases of severe pregnancy complications

GOP bill would allow abortion in cases of severe pregnancy complications

by | May 31, 2023 | , , , , , | 0 |

Five Republican lawmakers released a package of bills Tuesday that would, in part, refine Wisconsin's 174-year-old criminal abortion law to clarify that it doesn’t apply in cases of severe pregnancy complications.
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Audit: DHS failed to account for all ventilators purchased during pandemic

Audit: DHS failed to account for all ventilators purchased during pandemic

by | May 30, 2023 | , , , , | 0 |

The Department of Health Services failed to account for all the ventilators it loaned out to hospitals and other entities during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. It also didn’t collect sufficient documentation for a grant program aimed at helping providers financially impacted by the crisis.
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Lawmakers eye supporting suicide prevention efforts at gun stores, firearm ranges 

Lawmakers eye supporting suicide prevention efforts at gun stores, firearm ranges 

by | May 11, 2023 | , , | 0 |

Lawmakers are considering the creation of a grant program supporting suicide prevention efforts at firearm retailers and ranges, including training staff on recognizing suicidal individuals, providing suicide prevention materials and offering voluntary, temporary firearm storage. 
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Budget committee backs $7 million for MCW psychiatry, behavioral health residencies

Budget committee backs $7 million for MCW psychiatry, behavioral health residencies

by | May 9, 2023 | , , , , , | 0 |

The Joint Finance Committee unanimously signed off last week on providing $7 million in state dollars through the 2023-25 budget to support a psychiatry and behavioral health residency program run by the Medical College of Wisconsin. 
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Assembly speaker opposes Medicaid expansion, abortion referendum

Assembly speaker opposes Medicaid expansion, abortion referendum

by | May 8, 2023 | , , , , , | 0 |

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, said Friday that North Carolina's recent move to expand Medicaid through the Affordable Care Act doesn’t change his opposition to implementing the policy in Wisconsin.
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Evers threatens to veto local government funding bill

Evers threatens to veto local government funding bill

by | May 5, 2023 | , , , , , | 0 |

Gov. Tony Evers said Thursday he would veto a Republican bill that would boost funding for local governments and emergency medical services as well as restrict the powers of public health officers to close businesses in response to disease outbreaks.  
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