Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — A group of Senate Republicans today will announce plans to pump more than $130 million into local road funding, according to sources with knowledge of the plan. The
The Joint Finance Committee approved a plan to pump $588.2 million in general purpose revenue into the Medicaid program, pushing up reimbursement rates for hospitals, nursing homes and personal care workers. The investment of state tax dollars would mean an
The Joint Finance Committee approved 11-4 along party lines boosting programs in the Department of Children and Families by $125.5 million in all funds over the next two years. The bulk of that increase — $77.3 million — would go
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee was in a holding pattern late this afternoon as GOP members tried to work out final details of a deal on the departments of Health Services and Children
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** FRIDAY: WisPolitics.com and WisBusiness.com discussion: Closing the urban-rural health care gap The recent 2019 County Health Rankings report showed gaps in health care between suburban-urban areas and rural counties in Wisconsin. In southwestern Wisconsin, La
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — The Joint Finance Committee is scheduled to take up the Medicaid program today as it begins the sprint toward its goal of finishing the budget by the end
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — With Republicans rejecting his call to expand Medicaid under Obamacare, Gov. Tony Evers today announced a new partnership aimed at boosting the number of state residents enrolled in the existing program. In
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** FRIDAY: WisPolitics.com and WisBusiness.com discussion: Closing the urban-rural health care gap The recent 2019 County Health Rankings report showed gaps in health care between suburban-urban areas and rural counties in Wisconsin. In southwestern Wisconsin, La
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement WHCA / WiCAL and LeadingAge Wisconsin From WisPolitics.com … — New Dem Party Chair Ben Wikler says his first order of business will be getting the state party more involved in the fight to expand
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson said today he hopes President Trump’s threat to impose tariffs on Mexican goods over illegal immigration is a just tactic to gain leverage over Mexico and Democrats in
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Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement The Madison Club From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Tony Evers, U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, D-La Crosse, and state Rep. Katrina Shankland, D-Stevens Point, will be on the UW-Stevens Point campus today for a town hall
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — A broad bipartisan coalition of lawmakers and activists today touted a measure that would encourage the growth of the state’s fledgling hemp industry. But the measure faces opposition from law enforcement agencies
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** June 13: WisPolitics.com luncheon: The future of transportation funding in Wisconsin Transportation funding has become one of the key debating points in the two-year state budget making its way through the Legislature. Gov. Tony Evers
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement University of Wisconsin-Madison From WisPolitics.com … — Efforts by the state crime lab to trim a backlog of untested sexual assault kits led to delays in testing DNA in nearly 350 active cases, a new
