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Evers renewing call for Medicaid expansion opposed by GOP
Gov. Tony Evers will try again to expand Medicaid coverage in Wisconsin, announcing Wednesday that his state budget proposal will also have more than $150 million in other health initiatives, including bolstering student mental health support, addressing the opioid crisis and increasing telehealth accessibility.
Health overhaul will raise costs
A new study finds that insurance companies will have to pay out an average of 32 percent more for medical claims under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.
TV stations are campaign’s big winners
By Matt Pommer The clear winners in this Wisconsin election year are television stations. Candidate and ghost organizations have poured money into TV spots in the races for the governor’s […]
Health care debate offers market medicine
By Matt Pommer “The miracles of modern medicine are simply outrunning the public’s ability to pay for them.” Almost a quarter-century has passed since then-Colorado Gov. Richard Lamm made that […]
Entitlements are tough political targets
By Matt Pommer Ron Johnson, the Oshkosh businessman and likely Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate seat, says he is running to end America‘s “culture of entitlement.” Johnson will have […]
Health debate still alive and kicking
By Matt Pommer “Turn in your Medicare cards here.” The sign was hoisted on the edge of the anti-government Tea Party rally on the Capitol Square in Madison last month. […]
State lags with vehicle insurance law
By Matt Pommer Are you angry about the future requirement that everyone have health insurance? How about the fact that Wisconsin is about to require residents to carry liability insurance […]
Time to schedule a Tea Party
By Matt Pommer It’s time for Tea Party folks in Wisconsin to mobilize if they really want to curb government taxation and spending. Scores of Wisconsin school districts are asking […]
Ryan offers health care alternatives
By Matt Pommer Congressman Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, is promoting an economic road map that would dramatically affect those younger than 55. It includes major changes in Medicare and Social Security, […]
Health care costs won’t go away
By Matt Pommer An estimated 1.1 million Wisconsin residents now get their health needs met through Medicaid, the state-federal program for the poor. Enrollment growth has averaged 9.7 percent annually […]
Obama: Deficits needed to boost jobs
By Martin Crutsinger AP Economics Writer Washington — President Barack Obama unveiled a multitrillion-dollar spending plan Monday, pledging an intensified effort to combat high unemployment and asking Congress to quickly […]
Nursing home market leaves little to build
Sean Ryan [email protected] The 1970s-era, brown-speckled floor tiles at the Park Manor nursing home do not need close inspection to see they are worn and need to be replaced, said […]
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- Northwestern Mutual’s $500M overhaul a boon for Milwaukee residents
- BUILDING BLOCKS: University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh Clow Social Science Center renovation
- Madison takes center stage in the world of highway safety
- TOP BIDDERS: The biggest recent winning bids around the state
- Milwaukee Plan Commission approves shorter, denser New Land apartments
- Milwaukee County breaks ground on first health and human services center
- Where are the homes? Glaring need for housing construction underlined by Century 21 CEO
- Lawmakers block update for new commercial building standards
- Milwaukee mayor’s $1.9B budget proposal has infrastructure boost
- As employers face labor shortages, Biden administration rolls out playbook for training workers
- Wisconsin Senate committee votes against confirmation for four DNR policy board appointees
- October proclaimed Architecture Awareness Month in Wisconsin
Project Profiles
- First prefabricated bridge in US installed in Eau Claire County
- Illinois developer worked with Wisconsin contractor to build 258-unit Wauwatosa apartment complex
- VJS Construction raises the roof for Bruce Guadalupe Community School expansion project
- Microgrid pilot project will store energy for village affected by outages
- Dane County sees uptick in highway work zone crashes, on track to exceed last year
- The Hop streetcar will debut newest service route in fall with limited service
- FPC Live slims venue proposal to 1 downtown building
- Children’s Hospital urgent care center in Milwaukee gets first round of city approval
- With Sonag Construction shut down, feds move to block indicted owner from collecting leftover assets
- Four contractors selected to build border wall prototypes
- UW-Milwaukee’s Greenstreet shaping minds (and the city)
- Turning the Corner(s) (PHOTO SLIDESHOW)
