AHW Endowment: Announces new board members

Milwaukee, December 8, 2020 – The Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment (AHW), has announced the appointment of Dr. Ian B.K. Martin and Stephanie Harrison to its public oversight body, the MCW Consortium on Public and Community Health (Consortium). “It is an honor

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TUE News Summary: Wisconsin’s COVID-19 vaccine plans; Thompson proposes turning a prison into a college for inmates

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Thursday: WisPolitics.com/WisBusiness.com virtual event: ‘Trade Reset: How a New Washington, D.C., Administration May Change Trade Policy Near and Far’ Midwest trade experts and a top Canadian official examine trade issues during a WisPolitics.com/WisBusiness.com virtual event.

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Rep. Hintz: Announces office staff changes

MADISON – Today, Assembly Democratic Leader Gordon Hintz (D-Oshkosh) announced his legislative office staff for the 2021-22 session. Emily Pritzkow will continue on as Hintz’s Chief of Staff. Pritzkow has worked for Representative Hintz in the State Assembly since the spring

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U.S. Rep. Kind: Two bills passed by House, including legislation to support kidney transplant patients

Washington, DC— Today, the House of Representatives passed two of Rep. Ron Kind’s bipartisan bills to improve the Medicare program. The House passed the bipartisan Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act and the Provide Accurate Information Directly (PAID) Act with unanimous support. The bills now await action in the

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Marshfield Clinic Health System: Designated as hub for COVID-19 vaccine

MARSHFIELD – Marshfield Clinic Health System will serve as an initial distribution site to serve northcentral Wisconsin in the state “hub-and-spoke” model for COVID-19 vaccine distribution.   Wisconsin Department of Health Services will provide Marshfield Clinic Health System with the vaccines, which will then be distributed to other health care

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AHW Endowment: Announces new board members

Milwaukee, December 8, 2020 – The Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment (AHW), has announced the appointment of Dr. Ian B.K. Martin and Stephanie Harrison to its public oversight body, the MCW Consortium on Public and Community Health (Consortium). “It is an honor to welcome Dr. Martin and Ms. Harrison to the Consortium,”

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TUE News Summary: Wisconsin’s COVID-19 vaccine plans; Thompson proposes turning a prison into a college for inmates

Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Thursday: WisPolitics.com/WisBusiness.com virtual event: ‘Trade Reset: How a New Washington, D.C., Administration May Change Trade Policy Near and Far’ Midwest trade experts and a top Canadian official examine trade issues during a WisPolitics.com/WisBusiness.com virtual event. Panelists will discuss the new US-Mexi… Please log in to

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Rep. Hintz: Announces office staff changes

MADISON – Today, Assembly Democratic Leader Gordon Hintz (D-Oshkosh) announced his legislative office staff for the 2021-22 session. Emily Pritzkow will continue on as Hintz’s Chief of Staff. Pritzkow has worked for Representative Hintz in the State Assembly since the spring of 2011, including two sessions on the budget-writing Joint Committee

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U.S. Rep. Kind: Two bills passed by House, including legislation to support kidney transplant patients

Washington, DC— Today, the House of Representatives passed two of Rep. Ron Kind’s bipartisan bills to improve the Medicare program. The House passed the bipartisan Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act and the Provide Accurate Information Directly (PAID) Act with unanimous support. The bills now await action in the Senate before they can be signed into law.  Both pieces

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Texas AG sues Wisconsin, three other states to overturn election results

GOP Texas AG Ken Paxton has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the election results in Wisconsin, Georgia, Michigan and Pennsylvania. The suit accuses the four states of exploiting “the COVID-19 pandemic to justify ignoring federal and state election laws and unlawfully enacting last-minute changes,” skewing results. As part

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UW Health: Outlines expanded COVID-19 treatment options

Madison, WI – As our community deals with a surge in COVID-19 cases that is already months long and expected to continue, UW Health wants the public to be aware of care options for certain individuals who test positive for the virus. When an individual tests positive for the virus,

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