Bill looking to better help detect breast cancer unveiled

Lawmakers today unveiled a bill that looks to better help detect breast cancer among women, particularly those with dense breast tissue. The bill, from Rep. Mike Rohrkaste, R-Neenah, and Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, would require facilities that perform mammograms

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DNR to move forestry headquarters to Rhinelander

Gov. Scott Walker was in northern Wisconsin today to announce the DNR will move its forestry headquarters to Rhinelander from Madison. Forestry will be the only of the DNR’s five divisions with its headquarters outside of Madison. The move was

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Bill looking to better help detect breast cancer unveiled

Lawmakers today unveiled a bill that looks to better help detect breast cancer among women, particularly those with dense breast tissue. The bill, from Rep. Mike Rohrkaste, R-Neenah, and Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, would require facilities that perform mammograms to notify women who have dense breast tissue. Dense tissue

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DNR to move forestry headquarters to Rhinelander

Gov. Scott Walker was in northern Wisconsin today to announce the DNR will move its forestry headquarters to Rhinelander from Madison. Forestry will be the only of the DNR’s five divisions with its headquarters outside of Madison. The move was included in the 2015-17 state budget. “When you just look

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Nine GOP lawmakers donate to Vukmir’s U.S. Senate campaign

Nine of state Sen. Leah Vukmir’s GOP legislative colleagues contributed to her U.S. Senate campaign in the third quarter as she finished the period with $233,964 in the bank, according to her campaign finance report. Vukmir’s campaign said earlier this month the Brookfield Republican raised nearly $250,000 during her first

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WED News Summary: Walker activates National Guard for hurricane relief; Lincoln Hills staff fear riot brewing

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WED AM Update: Sen. Taylor knocks Walker’s call to appoint interim superintendent of youth prisons

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers Advertisement Wisconsin Hospital Association From WisPolitics.com … — Dem state Sen. Lena Taylor is knocking Gov. Scott Walker’s call to appoint an interim superintendent of the state’s juvenile prisons following attacks on staff. Walker sent a letter to Corrections Secretary Jon Litscher suggesting “violent individuals in

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TUE PM Update: Walker calls on Dept. of Corrections to appoint interim superintendent for youth prisons

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers From WisPolitics.com … — Gov. Scott Walker called on the Department of Corrections today to appoint an interim superintendent of the state’s juvenile prisons, following attacks on staff. In the letter, Walker suggested “violent individuals in these institutions have become emboldened following repeated media reports and

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Poll shows most Milwaukee-area adults say Foxconn would improve area economy

More than half of Milwaukee-area adults say Foxconn would “substantially improve” the area economy, according to a new Marquette University Law School Poll out today. The poll surveyed residents of five Milwaukee-area counties: Milwaukee, Racine, Waukesha, Washington and Ozaukee counties. It found that while 54 percent of respondents across those

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TUE News Summary: Vos apologizes for calling GOP senators ‘terrorists’; safety concerns at youth prison

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Dems circulate bill to close state’s juvenile prisons in a year

Two Dems are circulating a bill that would close the state’s juvenile prisons following reports detailing abuses of guards and teen inmates alike. The bill, from Rep. Chris Taylor and Sen. Lena Taylor, would require the Department of Corrections to “permanently” close the Lincoln Hills School for Boys and the

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State GOP outraises Dems in federal account last month

The state GOP outraised its Dem counterpart in September through its federal account. But the state Dem Party raised more federal dollars over the first nine months of the year. The state GOP’s filing with the FEC showed $119,959 in receipts last month, $49,092 spent and $642,257 cash on hand.

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