AG Kaul: Praises passage of sexual assault kit in Senate committee, calls for assembly action

MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul today praised the unanimous passage of Senate Bill 200 from the Senate Committee on Insurance, Financial Services, Government Oversight and Courts. “Thank you to the state senators who have moved Wisconsin closer to passing legislation that is designed to help prevent another backlog of untested sexual assault kits,” said AG Kaul. “Today’s unanimous vote is a positive step. But there’s also more work to be done to pass this legislation. I encourage the leadership of the state senate to move this legislation to the senate floor expeditiously, and I encourage the Assembly to hold

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Mental Health America of Wisconsin: Responds to recommendations from Speaker’s legislative task force on suicide prevention

For over 15 years, Mental Health America of Wisconsin has provided leadership and expertise in the area of suicide prevention and education for the community on factors which increase the risk for suicide attempts and ideation. This work has included contracting with Department of Health Services to train over 50 healthcare organizations on the Zero Suicide model of care and quality improvement, building a statewide network of coalitions, and disseminating information regarding how suicide affects specific populations and regions of Wisconsin.   MHA extends its gratitude to the members of the Speaker’s Legislative Task Force on Suicide Prevention for their commitment

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U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin: Urges Trump administration to protect health coverage for people with pre-existing conditions

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin and 39 Senate Democrats, led by Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), are urging the Trump administration to protect individuals with pre-existing conditions by limiting the proliferation of “junk plans” – short-term insurance plans that can exclude coverage for essential benefits and provide no protections for Americans with pre-existing conditions.   In their letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the Senators write, “We have heard from patients, physicians, independent experts, and other health care stakeholders that individuals with preexisting conditions are

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Danielle Endvick: As Perdue rips open rural America’s wounds, farmers get fired up

In an Oct. 1 meeting with reporters at the World Dairy Expo in Madison, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue tied the current dairy crisis to economies of scale, telling reporters, “In America, the big get bigger and the small go out.” It might have been refreshing to hear a politician speak so plainly, had the line not been so apathetic that it hit the attending farmers like a kick in the guts.

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U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin: Urges Trump administration to protect health coverage for people with pre-existing conditions

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin and 39 Senate Democrats, led by Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), are urging the Trump administration to protect individuals with pre-existing conditions by limiting the proliferation of “junk plans” – short-term insurance plans that can exclude coverage for essential benefits and provide no

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Danielle Endvick: As Perdue rips open rural America’s wounds, farmers get fired up

In an Oct. 1 meeting with reporters at the World Dairy Expo in Madison, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue tied the current dairy crisis to economies of scale, telling reporters, “In America, the big get bigger and the small go out.” It might have been refreshing to hear a politician speak so plainly, had the line not been so apathetic that it hit the attending farmers like a kick in the guts.

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