Health

Health Registered nurses with UW Hospitals and Clinics are attempting to regain their union status that was taken from them with the passage of Act 10. The board denied that request Thursday. (Photo by Pat Kreitlow.)
Health UW Hospital Rejects Nurses Union Again

Board says it can change, improve conditions without recognizing SEIU

February 27, 2020
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Health Wisconsin Coronavirus Count Holds at 1

Contained so far, Evers stresses preventative measures and monitoring

February 26, 2020
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Health States Act on Prescription Drug Costs

Assembly passes new regulations on bipartisan vote to add transparency

February 18, 2020
Health Sen. Tammy Baldwin talks to a constituent in Stevens Point during a meeting about prescription drug prices. (Photo courtesy of Sen. Baldwin Facebook page)
Health High Prescription Drug Prices May Be 2020’s Biggest Issue

Baldwin seeks support for bipartisan bill to break gridlock in the Senate

February 18, 2020
Health City of Eau Claire utilities manager Lane Berg shows a piece of lead pipe, found in some drinking water service lines. The thin, dark inner ring is the part of the steel pipe coated in lead, which is hazardous to human health. The light-colored coating on the inner part of the pipe is lime the city uses to coat lead pipes to prevent the dangerous metal from leaching into drinking water. (Photo by Julian Emerson)
Health 2020 May Be the Real ‘Year of Clean Water’

Cities get more aggressive in removing lead pipes, legislators advance state plans to target water problems

February 12, 2020

Continuing Coverage

Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales reads the names of the five victims of Wednesday's MolsonCoors shooting during a Thursday afternoon press conference. (Screenshot from WITI-TV) Safety Victims Named, Inaction on Guns Slammed
Gov. Tony Evers addresses reporters following the mass shooting Wednesday at MolsonCoors, previously Miller Brewery, in Milwaukee. (Photo from WITI-TV) Politics Hours Earlier, an Evers Plea on Guns
The Miller Brewery, part of MolsonCoors, in Milwaukee's "Miller Valley" as shown in a 2013 image. (Shutterstock) Politics Leaders, Candidates, Competitors React to Miller Shooting
Image via YouTube Safety Trump Does Nothing Following Yet Another Mass Shooting in America
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Health Coronavirus Is Officially in Wisconsin

Patient had been in China and is now in isolation away from UW Hospital

February 5, 2020
Health Rep. Melissa Sargent, D-Madison, speaks in Milwaukee during a forum on medical marijuana along with panelists Dr. Cecilia Hillard, director of the neuroscience research center for the Medical College of Wisconsin, and Dr. Angela Janis, a psychiatrist with the State of Wisconsin. (Photo by Jonathon Sadowski)
Health Legal Weed Could Raise $1 Billion

Panelists caution medical marijuana is not a cure-all, but also not a gateway

February 3, 2020