MILWAUKEE (October 15, 2020) — The Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Network has been named a 2020 Guardian of Excellence Award® winner by Press Ganey. The Guardian of Excellence Award recognizes top-performing health care organizations that have achieved the 95th percentile or above for performance in patient experience.   The Press Ganey Guardian

LANSING, Mich. — Today, Governors Gretchen Whitmer, Tony Evers (WI), and Tim Walz (MN) sent a letter to President Trump, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, and House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy urging them to pass a bipartisan relief bill that provides much-needed support to

MADISON – Today, the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) announced that it has postponed the transition to the new Wisconsin State Hemp Plan. Instead of implementing the State Hemp Plan, the department will continue to administer the Wisconsin Hemp Pilot Research Program for another year. On

City of Racine – Dottie-Kay Bowersox, Public Health Administrator for the City of Racine, is strongly recommending that schools teach virtually in the second quarter of the school year and until the data suggests it’s safe for kids to return to the classroom. As Wisconsin continues to be in the top 3

MADISON – Today, Attorney General Josh Kaul announced Senator Jeff Smith (D – Brunswick) as a member of Wisconsin’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) Task Force. In July, Attorney General Kaul announced the creation of the MMIW Task Force with the mission of addressing the disparate rates of “abduction homicide, violence

Today, Dane County Executive Joe Parisi joined community partners to announce that Dane County will acquire approximately 295 acres of property in the Town of Berry to become a part of Indian Lake County Park. Acquisition of this land will expand the park to just under 800 acres, making it

MADISON, WI (October 14, 2020) — As one of the leading research universities in the world, UW–Madison is naturally an integral part of the fight against COVID-19. But in addition to research, the UW is also a key figure in the campaign to inform people about how to protect themselves and their

The City of Madison, the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and Public Health Madison & Dane County are strongly recommending that people celebrate Halloween with members of their household and avoid holding or attending gatherings. Parties and gatherings that are part of Halloween in a normal year pose a risk to the

MADISON, Wis. – Insurance coverage for people with pre-existing conditions increased during the first five years of Affordable Care Act implementation, a recent UW–Madison study revealed. Health insurance coverage for people with chronic diseases increased by 7 percentage points after key Affordable Care Act provisions were implemented in 2014, according

Today the Democratic National Committee is releasing a new ad featuring former President Barack Obama, “The 2020 Election Is Already Here.”   The spot highlights the stakes of this election, the importance of Americans voting now to make their voices heard and how they can find all the information they

Today, Biden for President announced the launch of #HazLoXMi, a Get Out The Vote initiative geared at mobilizing Puerto Rican voters living in Florida and Pennsylvania. The campaign includes print and digital ads highlighting the power Puerto Ricans have to shape the future of our country. The campaign seeks to urge Puerto

WAUSAU, WI – Today, Tricia Zunker’s campaign for Congress released a new ad contrasting how she’ll fight for small business, workers, and farmers with Congressman Tom Tiffany’s support for repealing protections for people with pre-existing conditions – even in the midst of a pandemic.   Watch the ad here.   “There’s only one

MADISON, Wis. – As of Oct. 15, students of all ages can earn their Wisconsin hunter education safety certification through a single, online-only hunter education course under a temporary change approved by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The temporary change allows those under age 18 to take the online-only

MADISON, WI – The City’s GreenPower trainees will be busy for at least the next few years installing solar panels on City buildings at a ‘rapid pace,’ according City of Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway. At 9 a.m., Oct. 15, 2020, Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway celebrated the City reaching its 1 Megawatt

While a confluence of welcome developments may help Milwaukee County’s 2021 budget proposal avoid painful reductions or substantial tax or fee hikes for another year, they have not erased an array of long-term challenges, according to a new analysis from the Wisconsin Policy Forum. The financial hit from COVID-19, while

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin and U.S. Representative Ron Kind led their colleagues in the Wisconsin delegation, including Representatives Gwen Moore, Mark Pocan, Bryan Steil, Mike Gallagher and Glenn Grothman, to call on President Trump to restore full federal funding to Wisconsin with a one hundred percent federal

MILWAUKEE (October 15, 2020) — Today, Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) commemorated 15 years of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in the district through the HeartSafe Schools program. The program, in partnership with Children’s Wisconsin, the Milwaukee Fire Department and Project ADAM, places AEDs in MPS schools. It also trains schools staff and includes drills to keep schools prepared

MADISON – A wildly out-of-place protein leads to haywire cells in a particularly troublesome type of rare early childhood cancer, according to University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers. Found in the base of the brain, posterior fossa type A ependymomas tumors are difficult to remove via surgery and prove fatal in more