House Republicans’ vote puts nearly 200 Planned Parenthood health centers and 1.1 million patients at risk WASHINGTON, DC — In the dark of night, House Republicans debated and passed a reconciliation bill that would “defund” Planned Parenthood, ban coverage of gender-affirming care for all Medicaid patients, and seek to eliminate plans that include abortion coverage […]
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Republican Clean Energy Repeal Bill Will Raise Costs, Kill Jobs, and Sacrifice Manufacturing in Wisconsin
Republicans are proposing a total repeal of clean energy investments – a direct assault on Wisconsin manufacturing and made-in-Wisconsin energy. Repealing clean energy tax credits would gut America’s clean energy production, raising costs for Wisconsin families and killing hundreds of thousands of good-paying manufacturing jobs nationwide. Trump and Republicans promised to lower energy costs. Instead, […]
Madison’s Best Kept Secret’: People Living With Mental Illness Find Work, Care and Community at a Clubhouse Built for Them
Funding for Yahara House is scarce, and Wisconsin invests little in a health care model that’s thriving in Michigan. By Addie Costello Wisconsin Watch and WPR Chewbacca, Yoda and Princess Leia watched over Joe Mannchen and colleagues as they worked on their Yahara House computers, some designing birthday cards for fellow clubhouse members. Taped above […]
Trump Administration Cuts Will Raise Utility Costs for Low-Income Wisconsinites
LIHEAP has served hundreds of thousands of Wisconsin households, delivering millions in relief for families to pay heating and cooling bills Madison, WI — The Trump administration fired the entire staff working on the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) within the Department of Health and Human Services. LIHEAP has helped millions of low-income […]