Assembly passes package addressing homelessness

The Assembly today approved a package of measures stemming from recommendations made last session by the Interagency Council on Homelessness. But the proposed funding for the measures, which comes out to roughly $3.8 million, can only be released at the

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Assembly votes to expand minority teacher loan forgiveness

The Assembly approved by voice vote a bill that boosts a loan forgiveness program to incentivize more minorities to pursue a career in education. The bill, which boasted bipartisan support, would expand the program form Milwaukee to any school district in the state where at least 40 percent of the

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Assembly passes package addressing homelessness

The Assembly today approved a package of measures stemming from recommendations made last session by the Interagency Council on Homelessness. But the proposed funding for the measures, which comes out to roughly $3.8 million, can only be released at the discretion of the Joint Finance Committee. Assembly Majority Leader Jim

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WisDems: Democratic volunteers organize across Wisconsin to #Fight4Medicaid

Contact: Courtney Beyer, courtneyb@wisdems.org MADISON — Last week Democratic organizers and volunteers knocked on doors and made phone calls in targeted Senate and Assembly districts to pressure Republican legislators to expand Medicaid, a move that would extend affordable coverage to 82,000 Wisconsinites, save the state $324 million in the 2019-21 biennial

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Step therapy bill unanimously clears Assembly, heads to Evers’ desk

The Assembly today approved a bill that would address step therapy, a cost-saving method employed by insurance companies The legislation — introduced by Joint Finance Committee Co-chairs Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, and Rep. John Nygren, R-Marinette — would address step therapy. That’s a cost-saving method employed by insurance companies;

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