Madison, WI – On Friday, Governor Evers signed a number of bills into law, including AB 765, AB 874, AB 909, and SB 520, all of which were authored by Senator Mary Felzkowski (R-Tomahawk). These bills received strong bipartisan support in the legislature earlier this year, as they are common-sense pieces of legislation that will benefit Wisconsinites throughout the state. AB 765, now 2021 Wisconsin Act 225, creates and modifies administrative rules which will allow Group Physical Therapy to be covered under the state Medicaid program. “Group Physical Therapy is already covered under the federal Medicaid program, so it only makes

Appleton, Wis. – Outagamie County Executive and pro-labor populist candidate for U.S. Senate Tom Nelson today announced his endorsement from the union representing workers from Appleton Coated (now Midwest Paper Company), a 122-year-old paper mill he fought to save. Nelson worked with union leaders to file a lawsuit to stop the mill from being shuttered and sold for parts after it was forced by a bank into receivership in 2017, instead resulting in a successful collaboration that saved more than 300 jobs. The statement endorsing Nelson from the mill’s United Steelworkers Local 2-144 reads: “Why stand with Tom Nelson you

Madison, WI – Today, the Senate Committee on Insurance, Licensing and Forestry noticed that it would hold a public hearing on Senate Bill 1034 relating to medical marijuana on Wednesday, April 20th. Senator Melissa Agard (D-Madison) responded to the notice: “The people of Wisconsin are ready for cannabis reform. It is supported by the majority of the residents of our state, including a majority of Republicans. While I’m encouraged people will have the ability to come testify at a public hearing, it is disappointing that we had 15 months of session in which we could have rolled up our sleeves

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Partnership Program at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) is accepting applications for its Strengthening Community Solutions to Improve Maternal and Infant Health funding opportunity. This funding seeks to support work to reduce maternal and child health disparities throughout Wisconsin, with a focus on underserved and marginalized communities including, but not limited to, American Indian, Black, Hispanic, Asian and rural communities. “Disparities in maternal and child health outcomes continue to be a major challenge within Wisconsin – and this challenge has been further exacerbated by the pandemic,” said Dr. Amy Kind, associate dean for social

Washington, DC – On Thursday, Congressman Tom Tiffany (WI-07) led 10 of his colleagues in sending a letter to Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Bruce Westerman and Subcommittee on Waters, Oceans, and Wildlife Ranking Member Cliff Bentz urging them to oppose any effort to attach extraneous language prohibiting the purchase, sale, or transport of farmed mink to China-related legislation.  “The inclusion of this anti-agriculture provision in a bill that is supposed help us meet the economic and security challenges posed by Communist China is a typical, Washington-style sneak attack on mink farmers in Wisconsin and across the country,” said Congressman Tiffany. “The COMPETES Act is

MADISON – The April 18 individual income tax filing deadline is only one week away. Taxpayers who already filed and are receiving a refund may track their refund’s status on the Where’s My Refund page of the Wisconsin Department of Revenue’s (DOR) website at revenue.wi.gov. Taxpayers who are unable to file by April 18 may request an extension. However, if any tax is owed, it must be paid by April 18, 2022 to avoid any penalties, even if an extension was filed. Electronic filing is encouraged as it is the fastest, most accurate and secure way to file a tax return. As DOR continues

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin joined a group of bipartisan colleagues, led by Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Thom Tillis (R-NC), members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, in sending a letter to Dr. David Smith, Acting Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, and LTG Ronald Place, Director of the Defense Health Agency, urging the Department of Defense (DoD) to implement provisions secured in the fiscal year (FY) 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that authorize expanding eating disorder treatment coverage to TRICARE beneficiaries. This language was based on the SERVE Act, which Baldwin cosponsored. The Senators wrote, “As

A deputy managing editor at The Washington Post will be on the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire campus this month as the featured speaker for the annual Ann Devroy Memorial Forum. Sharif Durhams will speak during the forum, which will begin at 7 p.m. April 28 in Gantner Concert Hall of the Haas Fine Arts Center. The event also will be available via Zoom. The forum is free and open to the public. Durhams is a deputy managing editor at The Washington Post where he oversees the general assignment news desk, the Morning Mix team and the live desk, and works with

MILWAUKEE – Every Spring, Milwaukee Riverkeeper hosts a massive, one-day, community-wide effort to clean up the waterways and care for the community. Last year alone, over 3,000 volunteers removed more than 110,000 pounds of trash from 95 different locations across the watershed in just one day. This year is no different and on Saturday, April, 23 from 9 am – 12 pm at locations all along the rivers throughout Milwaukee, Ozaukee, and Washington, Counties, Milwaukee Riverkeeper will host its 27th Annual Spring Cleanup. Thousands of volunteers across the area will remove trash and plastic litter that has found its way down

MILWAUKEE — Dr. SuJean Choi, professor of biomedical sciences in Marquette University’s College of Health Sciences, has received a $1.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health U-RISE program to implement curriculum and programming to support students as they gain undergraduate research expertise while cultivating a science identity and sense of inclusion in the science community. The goal of the project, which is funded through NIH’s Undergraduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (U-RISE) program, will be to create an environment that increases familiarity and comfort in research environments for students from underrepresented backgrounds in research. Researchers will focus on recruiting

Madison, WI – Today, Sen. Mary Felzkowski (R-Tomahawk) announced that the Committee on Insurance, Licensing and Forestry, which she chairs, will be holding a public hearing on her bill to create a Medical Marijuana program in Wisconsin: “Illness does not discriminate; it affects people from all walks of life. Mothers, sons, veterans, co-workers, friends. There is no doubt that each and every one of us knows someone that has suffered through an illness and struggled to find a way to make it through each day. While there are often medications that doctors can prescribe to help combat these illnesses, many come

WI Rapids…A regional coalition of Tribal leaders, industry experts, labor groups, educational institutions, local and state officials and forest products supply chain partners hosted a roundtable discussion today with a key official from the United States Department of Commerce.  U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development Alejandra Y. Castillo visited Mid-State Technical College campus in Wisconsin Rapids and listened to local leaders about their plan for the future of Wisconsin’s forest products industries. “Our diverse coalition was honored to host Assistant Secretary Castillo for this important roundtable discussion about the future of Wisconsin’s forest products sectors,” said Stacey Johnson,