Democratic Assembly Mental Health Committee members: Re-introduce the “Mental Healthcare is Healthcare” legislative package

MADISON–Today, the Democratic members of the Assembly Committee on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Prevention–State Representative Robyn Vining (D-Wauwatosa), Rep. Dave Considine (D-Baraboo), Rep. Supreme Moore Omokunde (D-Milwaukee), and Rep. Lori Palmeri (D-Oshkosh)–introduced a legislative package with four bills to

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Scott Klug: Meet the other Kevin McCarthy, political orphan

I had a chance to sit down with Kevin McCarthy a few months after the last speaker debacle. Oh not that Kevin McCarthy. My conversation was with a Winnebago Co., Ill., board member whose real job is as a morning DJ. A loyal Republican, he was flummoxed watching the January carnival show playing out on national TV.

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Democratic Assembly Mental Health Committee members: Re-introduce the “Mental Healthcare is Healthcare” legislative package

MADISON–Today, the Democratic members of the Assembly Committee on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Prevention–State Representative Robyn Vining (D-Wauwatosa), Rep. Dave Considine (D-Baraboo), Rep. Supreme Moore Omokunde (D-Milwaukee), and Rep. Lori Palmeri (D-Oshkosh)–introduced a legislative package with four bills to support mental healthcare access for K-12 and UW students. Rep.

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Scott Klug: Meet the other Kevin McCarthy, political orphan

I had a chance to sit down with Kevin McCarthy a few months after the last speaker debacle. Oh not that Kevin McCarthy. My conversation was with a Winnebago Co., Ill., board member whose real job is as a morning DJ. A loyal Republican, he was flummoxed watching the January carnival show playing out on national TV.

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