Dane County – Urban Triage is incredibly excited to announce the opening of a second location at 147 South Butler Street Downtown Madison.  Urban Triage has grown exponentially over the last 19 months. We would not be able to do the work without the dedication of our community and Co-Conspirators. We are humbled by the opportunity

MADISON — State Superintendent Dr. Jill Underly today expressed her gratitude to the Federal Communications Commission for committing more than $20 million to aid Wisconsin public school districts in providing students and patrons access to devices and broadband connectivity. “Broadband access in Wisconsin has been a significant challenge for families

MADISON, Wis. — Since radical Rebecca Kleefisch announced her run for governor, it’s time to revisit some of her most controversial comments to remind Wisconsinites why they rejected her in the first place. She said what? Kleefisch agreed that survivors of rape should “turn lemons into lemonade,” and defended Sharron Angle

Today, County Executive Joe Parisi joined mental health advocates and Department of Human Services staff to announce $10 million in funding to construct Dane County’s Crisis Triage Center (CTC), as part of his 2022 budget proposal. This is the single largest item in Parisi’s 2022 capital budget. The one-stop facility

MADISON, Wis. — Republican state legislators face a choice on Tuesday as their right-wing party bosses ask them to vote for a proposal aimed at preserving Wisconsin’s rigged legislative district lines. In 2011, Wisconsin Republicans enacted one of the most gerrymandered state legislative district plans in the nation, with the goal

Madison, WI – Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin (GHC-SCW) announces a new partnership with UW Health and UnityPoint Health – Meriter resulting in the addition of 19 HMO primary care clinic locations in Dane County to its network. “Providing the highest quality care and ease of access is at

MADISON — On March 14, 2020, a child in Oregon, Wisconsin, got sick the day after her school closed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of an innovative study monitoring for influenza in the Oregon School District, her whole family performed what is now a familiar exercise for

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) last week sent a letter to President Biden and agencies in his administration demanding answers about reported incidents of trafficking of child brides from Afghanistan. In the letter, the senators wrote: “On September 14, Secretary Blinken

WISCONSIN – The League of Women Voters of Wisconsin (LWVWI) and more than 70 Wisconsin organizations are joining efforts on National Voter Registration Day, Tuesday, Sept. 28, to register voters and work with communities. Participating groups will be involved in voter registration events, phone banking, passing out voter information literature,

MADISON, Wis.—More than 80 percent of University of Wisconsin System students who sought mental health counseling at their universities during the last academic year reported improvements in their well-being, and four of five who considered dropping out over the last eight years said counseling helped them stay enrolled. The latest

Madison – Wisconsin State Representative Amy Loudenbeck (R-Clinton) is seeking nominations for a First Responder of the Year Award. This October, which is First Responder Appreciation Month, the State Assembly will be honoring a First Responder from each of the 99 Assembly Districts. “Our police officers, fire fighters, EMS personnel, and

State Representative Jeremy Thiesfeldt, released the following statement after submitting questions to the President of SSM Health and SSM’s Director of Government Relations for Wisconsin regarding their COVID-19 vaccination policy. “It has been a priority of mine to protect the individual liberty of the people of Wisconsin, especially their medical

MADISON – Representative James Edming (R-Glen Flora) is excited to announce that his office is now accepting nominations from around the 87th Assembly District for the 2021 First Responder of the Year Award. Created in 2019, this award highlights the great work the brave men and women of our emergency services do each

Madison, WI — U.S. Representative Mark Pocan (WI-02) spoke with Jonathan Capehart yesterday on MSNBC to discuss the Build Back Better agenda. “I’m confident we will pass both the Build Back Better Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure agreement because this is something that’s a priority for Democrats from Joe Biden down to

MADISON, Wis. – In honor of Deaf Awareness Month, Kim Barr, ASL interpreter, UW Health, is offering some insights on how the health system and the community can support people who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing or Deaf Blind. When a health care provider and a patient do not speak

Senate Republicans today voted to block debate on a measure to avoid a government shutdown and a debt default, further pushing the country towards an economic catastrophe — and putting partisan political games ahead of the country’s economic stability in the midst of an economic recovery and a still-raging global pandemic. “It’s shameful that

WASHINGTON — On Monday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) released the following statement on voting no to raise the debt limit to support the Democrats’ reckless spending spree.   “Democrats are in control of the executive and legislative branches of government. As they demonstrated in passing massive spending bills on a purely

Contact: alec@rebeccakleefisch.com Ends quarantine in accordance with health guidelines [Waukesha, WI] – On Monday, Rebecca Kleefisch will resume in-person campaigning in her run for governor. Last week, Kleefisch had announced that she tested positive for COVID-19 after being exposed at church. Kleefisch will head to La Crosse County today to