Press Releases
U.S. Senate Republicans Vote to Cut Health Care & Food Assistance for Wisconsin Families
For Release: July 1, 2025 Contact: Emily Miota, 262-853-6863, [email protected] This morning the U.S. Senate passed a reckless budget bill that would make the deepest cuts in history to people's food assistance and health care, which includes BadgerCare, all to...
Statement: Senate Votes to Gut Health Insurance
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 1, 2025From: Wisconsin Medicaid Coalition The U.S. Senate’s version of the budget reconciliation package took a bad bill and made it worse. The Senate package, passed this morning by a tiebreaker vote of 51-50, would cut almost $1 trillion...
Black/White Racial Disparities Remain in Wisconsin, Indicators Show
For Release: Monday, June 9, 2025Contact: Emily Miota, 262-853-6863, [email protected] Download as PDF State Decision Makers Can Make Targeted Investments in the State Budget to Address Them Yet again, Wisconsin leads the nation in many disparities in outcomes...
United for Worker Power in Wisconsin
Workers Fight for Fairness in the Capitol Yesterday, more than 20 Wisconsin workers led a new movement into the state capitol, demanding legislators prioritize all families and working people across the state. In collaboration with the Milwaukee Area Service and...
Wisconsin Republicans Vote to Slash Medicaid and Food Assistance to Support Tax Breaks for the Wealthiest 1%
Download as PDF Thursday, May 22, 2025Contact: Emily Miota, [email protected], 262-853-6863 US House bill cuts Medicaid by at least $790 B and SNAP by $300 B This morning, the U.S. House rubber stamped one of our country’s largest transfers of wealth to the...
Northeast Wisconsinites Stand up for Medicaid
Download as PDF Over 35 concerned individuals, mental health service recipients, impacted family members, school and community-based mental health providers, and substance use therapists gathered at Foundations Health & Wholeness in Green Bay to call on decision...
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Kids Forward in the News
The Cost of Caring: Policy analyst warns of a growing child care emergency for Wisconsin families, providers (Channel 3000)
‘Weaponizing red tape’: How Wisconsin families on SNAP could go hungry within days
SNAP Cuts and Government Overreach: A Recipe for Disaster (CivicMedia)
Wisconsin Depends on Immigration (Urban Milwaukee)
Republican bill bars state, local funding of health services for immigrants without legal status (WI Examiner)
Getting Joyful Books in the Hands of Kids (WORT)
‘A giant mess’: As ACA changes threaten coverage, consequences could be widespread (WI Examiner)
State lawmakers voice support to change how 17-year-olds are charged in court system (News8000)
Some child care advocates express hope about budget deal, others are skeptical (WI Examiner)
Unraveling Wisconsin: Disparities, Budgets, and Politics (CivicMedia)
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