Young and new to the area, Stancil-Martin is ready to serve
He is serious about his responsibilities as the new District 11 alder and has taken meetings with multiple fellow-alders in order to gain some wisdom and best practices.
Community
Asthma legislation aims to reign in PBMs, cap patient copays
Nearly eight percent of Americans suffer from asthma, a chronic, often debilitating disease that causes inflammation of the airways. Lower-income, Hispanic, Black, Native-American and the elderly make up a significant percentage of the more than 25 million Americans afflicted by it.
Arbor Day in Menasha serves as a pushback to endangered trees
All of this comes as a backdrop to actions by the new Trump administration, who recently issued an executive order that would boost logging in national forests and roll back federal environmental regulations on 112 million acres of forest land throughout the United States, including in Wisconsin.
Young and new to the area, Stancil-Martin is ready to serve
He is serious about his responsibilities as the new District 11 alder and has taken meetings with multiple fellow-alders in order to gain some wisdom and best practices.
Opinion
We must not live in fear but fight to preserve our rights
We cannot allow a president to claim that speech is free only when people say things that he approves of. We cannot allow a president to claim that the right to due process may be ignored whenever the president decides that ignoring it is convenient for him.
Education
Trump's executive order could turn back clock on education
It could drastically reduce funding for vital services for students with disabilities, low-income students, and English learners. The rights of all students to receive an appropriate education are imperiled.
Appleton truancy resolution delayed until next month
All voiced their concern about the potential negative impact of punitive measures on students. Several emphasized the need to gather information and carefully craft any future policies. Most argued that the root causes of truancy must be addressed to truly solve the problem.
Former speech pathologist fears impact of loss of Department of Education on special needs kids
Whether it’s funding or ethical and professional guidelines, Clark-Stojke sees what she calls “chaos” if the current attitudes toward the department continues. Not only has Trump cut the workforce in half, he selected as secretary a person without any education qualifications at all.
Politics
Snodgrass leads charge to strengthen election bribery protections
The bill explicitly would expand existing election bribery laws to prohibit bribing voters to sign or refrain from signing election nomination papers, recall petitions and other petitions, including in support or opposition of candidates.
Asthma legislation aims to reign in PBMs, cap patient copays
Nearly eight percent of Americans suffer from asthma, a chronic, often debilitating disease that causes inflammation of the airways. Lower-income, Hispanic, Black, Native-American and the elderly make up a significant percentage of the more than 25 million Americans afflicted by it.
Trump's executive order could turn back clock on education
It could drastically reduce funding for vital services for students with disabilities, low-income students, and English learners. The rights of all students to receive an appropriate education are imperiled.
Business
ACOCA owner feels uncertainty with Trump's shaky tariff policy
Tariffs on everything from coffee to oat milk to blueberries and avocados impact Acoca’s bottom line. Bill Wetzel says there’s only so much he can do to plan for such things, especially given all the uncertainty.
The Deepest Cut: The looming disaster from the assault on the FDA
With the FDA now woefully understaffed, medical device companies are in limbo with how to proceed on either a new project or a project that is in the end stages but still requires FDA guidance and approval.
