In terms of both reproductive justice and access to primary health care, we sit this very minute at a crossroads. Will our state take a Maryland direction, or a Texas one?
The News: The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) submitted comment, Friday, opposing a rule proposal from the Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection (DATCP) to regulate pools at short-term rental properties in Wisconsin. The state agency intends to blanket Wisconsin’s short-term rental properties in regulations and licensing requirements if pools and hot tubs are available to renters. The Quote: WILL Policy Director, Kyle Koenen, said, “While DATCP cannot spell out a compelling government interest in regulating pools and hot tubs at short-term rental properties, it continues to make efforts to subject these properties to red tape and rules. We urge the
The Bulwark’s Mona Charen writes powerfully and persuasively with reasons we should talk about ranked voting.
Why anti-CRT legislation should really be called “white comfort bills” instead.
Between his illegal COVID lockdowns and his lack of backbone in standing up to his teachers union allies, the governor presided over a government-enforced isolation state that has fueled childhood depression, anxiety and depression.
How far behind is Wisconsin? Let’s check the data.
As team prepares to ask for additional stadium subsidy, Urban Milwaukee updates the 40-year cost.
OSHKOSH—On Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) sent a letter to Daniel Zomchek, Director of the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin regarding the COVID-19 vaccine mandate at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC). Several employees at the Milwaukee VAMC contacted the senator’s office to express concerns about the coercive vaccine mandate. The senator wrote, “We now know that individuals who are fully vaccinated can contract and spread COVID-19. That is what the ‘science’ tells us without dispute. Even Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky acknowledges this fact. Given the vaccines’ inability to prevent
MADISON, Wis. – UW Health experts are encouraging patients to plan for who should make their health care decisions if the individual is suddenly unable to, because the process is more important and less complicated than one might think. Less than half of UW Health patients older than the age of 65 have a legal document stating their healthcare decisions that goes into effect if they are incapacitated. Only around 44% of more than 62,000 patients 65 and older at UW Health have this document, formally called an advance directive, in place, according to the Advance Care Planning Team at
Madison, Wis. – The Department of Safety and Professional Services is offering two question-and-answer sessions about LicensE, the department’s new self-guided, online platform that is replacing paper-based applications for occupational licenses. The sessions will include a presentation on the new platform and the opportunity to ask agency staff and technology experts about the new platform. The first session is Monday, May 2, 2022, from 2–3:15 p.m. The second session is Tuesday, May 3 from 10–11:15 a.m. Registration is open through noon on April 25. Individuals can register HERE. “We are excited to offer these opportunities for our customers and stakeholders to learn about our
MARINETTE, Wis. — Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro met with shipbuilders and toured the recently revamped shipyard, where Fincantieri Marinette Marine builds ships for the U.S. Navy. At the sprawling Marinette shipyard, workers are finishing serial production of the Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ships and are about to begin construction of the Navy’s newest class of ships: Constellation-class Frigates. The frigates will be larger and more capable than the LCSs which are produced in partnership with Lockheed Martin. The visit by the Navy secretary lends support to one of his core principles – “to strengthen strategic partnerships and relationships,
I am excited to announce that I am running to represent the 80th Assembly District in the 2022 cycle. I also want to congratulate Sondy Pope on her retirement from the Wisconsin State Assembly and thank her for her 20 years of faithful service to her constituents. My roots run deep in the area of the 80th. My wife and I are raising our two beautiful girls in Belleville, where I serve as the Village Board President. I grew up in Verona and graduated from Verona Area High School in 2005. I am the son of a United Church of
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) has identified new cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in Columbia, Polk and Sheboygan counties. DATCP and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) are working with animal health officials in response efforts. HPAI has now been found in seven domestic flocks across Wisconsin since March, when the virus was first confirmed in the state. The latest cases were identified in: Columbia County, backyard mixed species Sheboygan County, backyard mixed species Polk County, commercial poultry “As avian influenza continues to affect poultry in Wisconsin and throughout the
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The state crime labs were better at turning around DNA cases submitted in 2021 than the year before. But it took longer, on average, to process them, according to the Department of Justice’s annual report on the Division of Forensic Sciences. GOP AG candidates Adam Jarchow and Eric Toney both knocked Dem incumbent Josh Kaul for the lab’s performance under his watch. But Kaul, who’s up for reelection this fall, argued in an interview the state is on the right track with the crime lab after a challenging 2020 due to COVID-19 that forced a reorganization to account for safety
In terms of both reproductive justice and access to primary health care, we sit this very minute at a crossroads. Will our state take a Maryland direction, or a Texas one?
The News: The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) submitted comment, Friday, opposing a rule proposal from the Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection (DATCP) to regulate pools at short-term rental properties in Wisconsin. The state agency intends to blanket Wisconsin’s short-term rental properties in regulations and licensing requirements if pools and
The Bulwark’s Mona Charen writes powerfully and persuasively with reasons we should talk about ranked voting.
Why anti-CRT legislation should really be called “white comfort bills” instead.
Between his illegal COVID lockdowns and his lack of backbone in standing up to his teachers union allies, the governor presided over a government-enforced isolation state that has fueled childhood depression, anxiety and depression.
How far behind is Wisconsin? Let’s check the data.
As team prepares to ask for additional stadium subsidy, Urban Milwaukee updates the 40-year cost.
OSHKOSH—On Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) sent a letter to Daniel Zomchek, Director of the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin regarding the COVID-19 vaccine mandate at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC). Several employees at the Milwaukee VAMC contacted the senator’s office to express concerns
MADISON, Wis. – UW Health experts are encouraging patients to plan for who should make their health care decisions if the individual is suddenly unable to, because the process is more important and less complicated than one might think. Less than half of UW Health patients older than the age
Madison, Wis. – The Department of Safety and Professional Services is offering two question-and-answer sessions about LicensE, the department’s new self-guided, online platform that is replacing paper-based applications for occupational licenses. The sessions will include a presentation on the new platform and the opportunity to ask agency staff and technology experts about
MARINETTE, Wis. — Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro met with shipbuilders and toured the recently revamped shipyard, where Fincantieri Marinette Marine builds ships for the U.S. Navy. At the sprawling Marinette shipyard, workers are finishing serial production of the Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ships and are about to begin
I am excited to announce that I am running to represent the 80th Assembly District in the 2022 cycle. I also want to congratulate Sondy Pope on her retirement from the Wisconsin State Assembly and thank her for her 20 years of faithful service to her constituents. My roots run
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) has identified new cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in Columbia, Polk and Sheboygan counties. DATCP and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) are working with animal health officials in response efforts. HPAI has now been
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin REALTORS Association From WisPolitics.com … — Madison businessman Eric Hovde is passing on a run for guv this year, telling WisPolitics.com that he’s instead looking at a bid for the U.S. Senate in 2024. Hovde has been critical of Dem Gov. Tony Evers’ handling
The state crime labs were better at turning around DNA cases submitted in 2021 than the year before. But it took longer, on average, to process them, according to the Department of Justice’s annual report on the Division of Forensic Sciences. GOP AG candidates Adam Jarchow and Eric Toney both