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 MADISON - Governor Tony Evers announced the following appointments on Thursday:
Governor Tony Evers to chair the Interagency Council on Homelessness
Summer Strand as the Governor’s Designee to the Building Commission
Dr. Timothy Rose to the Fox River Navigational System Authority
Hank Newell to WEDC
Joe Kirgues to WEDC
John Brogan to WEDC
Becca Cooke to WEDC
Thelma Sias to WEDC
Kurt Fielding to the Athletic Trainers Affiliated Credentialing Board
Joel Enking to the Snowmobile Recreation Council
Jill Hoyt to the Dietitians Affiliated Credentialing Board
Tim Size to the Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority
Robert Misey to the Accounting Examining Board
Karl Linck to the Examining Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, Professional Engineers, Designers, and Land Surveyors
Katherine Schrubbe to the Dentistry Examining Board
Scott Krueger to the Dietitians Affiliated Credentialing Board
Peter Kallio to the Board of Nursing
Linda Pellmann to the Marriage and Family Therapy Professional Counseling and Social Work Examining Board
Lee Van Zeeland to the Snowmobile Recreation Council
Greg Winkler to the Marriage and Family Therapy Professional Counseling and Social Work Examining Board |
Nearly $28 Million Investment in State Budget Will Improve Access to Care, Help Address Racial Disparities
Health Centers meet the unique challenges residents face in the area, funding commitment must be a priority in state budget.
"These health centers are the pulse of this community’s health and wellness. For far too long, they have been underfunded and undervalued. While rising to the challenge to meet the unique issues that face residents in the area, they have done so on a shoestring budget. The lines are wrapped around the buildings in the early hours of the morning to access services, many of which must be offered on a limited and first-come, first-serve basis.
Legislative Republicans choose to exclude Democrats from Milwaukee press conference on homelessness, fail to invite Black Caucus whose communities are deeply affected.
“I am terribly disappointed in my Republican colleagues’ decision to hold their Milwaukee press conference on homelessness without speaking to or even inviting members of the Milwaukee Delegation or Black Caucus whose communities are deeply affected by this issue. Once again, Republicans have chosen to act unilaterally on a critical issue that should not be partisan rather than work with Democrats to truly solve the problems affecting the citizens of Wisconsin and Milwaukee. Homelessness is not a Republican or Democratic issue–it is a Wisconsin issue that needs to be effectively addressed by stakeholders on both sides of the aisle.”
Wisconsin would save $279 million in the current budget if the Federal MA money is accepted by January 1st of next year. Walker had refused to accept the money in large part to position himself to campaign for president.