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Gundersen awards $35k to La Crosse crisis center, Tellurian Health
LA CROSSE, Wis. (WLAX/WEUX) – A new crisis facility in La Crosse was awarded a $35,000 grant from Gundersen Health System to help expand services and carry out their new location. Tellurian Behavioral Health is opening its new location on Jackson Street. It will serve as an urgent care center. First responders and law enforcement can also bring people who are experiencing mental health crises.
Wisconsin Supreme Court seeks investigation after abortion draft order leaks
The chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court called for an investigation Wednesday after the leak of a draft order that showed the court would take a case brought by Planned Parenthood that seeks to declare that access to abortion is a right protected by the state constitution.
Gun violence prompts doctors to ask patients about home firearm safety
A gun range may feel like a world away from a doctor's office, but some medical professionals in Wisconsin are training at one to save lives by learning about firearms. "I felt like I had a real deficit in talking about firearms with patients," said Dr. James Bigham, a primary care doctor and clinical associate professor at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. Bigham runs a class for medical students and staff about the basics of firearms at Max Creek Gun Range, alongside shop and gun owner Steve D'Orazio. "That's part of being a responsible gun owner...
MU Poll: Wisconsinites worried about state economy, fewer living comfortably
(The Center Square) – Most voters in Wisconsin say they are struggling or just getting by, and more than half don’t think the state’s economy is in great shape. The latest Marquette Law School Poll asked voters in the state about both the state’s economy and their personal finances. “Forty-five percent say [the state’s economy is] excellent or good, 38% say not too good, and 16% say poor,” MU chief...
Bernie Sanders to tout 'working class power' at Wisconsin rallies and town halls this week
Former presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders plans to hold “Building Working Class Power” campaign rallies and town halls throughout Wisconsin this week, with stops in Mount Pleasant, Sheboygan, Kaukauna, Stevens Point, Eau Claire and La Crosse. Sanders, the Vermont independent who caucuses with Senate Democrats, plans to hit Mount Pleasant on Wednesday, Sheboygan and Kaukauna on Thursday before heading west toward Stevens Point on Friday, where Portage County Democrats, the Wisconsin Democratic Seniors Council and the WisDems...
WEC staff finds Vos recall organizers submitted enough signatures, but legal questions remain
In a memo, staff for the Wisconsin Elections Commission found that groups attempting to recall Assembly Speaker Robin Vos have gathered enough signatures to force a recall election in the 63rd District — the seat Vos was elected to in 2022. However, because the map under which the 63rd District was created has been declared […] The post WEC staff finds Vos recall organizers submitted enough signatures, but legal questions remain appeared first on Wisconsin Examiner.
Men's mental health improving in Dane County, but more work needs to be done
MADISON, Wis. - Over the past several years, the discussion around men's mental health has improved, but there is still work to be done not just in Dane County but across the state.
How Democrats are focusing on Black voter outreach in Wisconsin
MILWAUKEE — Across battleground Wisconsin, the Biden-Harris campaign is showing up in Black communities early and often as part of a strategy it hopes will pay off in November. One of the biggest is Milwaukee, where, for the first time in 20 years, the Democratic Coordinated HQ is located,...
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